First-sentence Quote by Rebbecca Ray

“I'm seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I'm about thirteen”

— J.D. Salinger

“A fourteen-year-old boy made me realize I wasn’t whole. His mom made me realize I wanted to be.”

— Scarlett Cole

“Early in my childhood, when I was about six or seven, I began to get the feeling that there was something different about me.”

— Eric Clapton

“It seemed to me that boys had a lot more fun. It was a relief. I didn't look at myself from the outside. I…

— Nancy Horan

“We were typical, happy thirteen-year-olds who were going out - which meant we never talked or really acknowledged one another. It was wonderful.”

— Olivia Munn

“I also say "Boy" a lot. Partly because I have a lousy vocabulary and partly because I act quite young for my age sometimes.…

— J. D. Salinger

“I hadn't felt such disgust for a boy since the early days, when they'd tease girls on the playground, kicking us and throwing gravel…

— Daniel Handler

“Nonsense. Young boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older, and then before you know it, they're grown.”

— J.M. Barrie

“Boys are always inarticulate where their deepest feelings are concerned; however much they may desire it they cannot express kind and sympathetic feelings.”

— William Henry Hudson

“So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood about I felt.”

— Sarah Dessen

“Boys were so proud - you always had to let them think they were good at things.”

— Diane Zahler

“There is something about walking into a room full of boys that makes you feel exposed, inadequate, like you come up short in every…

— Jenny Han