“I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected. And all of my friends were good girls too, and my boyfriends were good boys. Everybody was pretty nice. And that affects how I write my characters. There aren't very many bad guys in my novels.” WritingCharacterGuyGirlCommunityBoysNovelNiceGrewGrew UpMy FriendsExpectedExceptionBad GuysMy BoyfriendGood GirlGood Boy Author:Stephenie Meyer
“Who will cry for the little boy, lost and all alone? Who will cry for the little boy, abandoned without his own? Who will cry for the little boy? He cried himself to sleep. Who will cry for the little boy? He never had for keeps. Who will cry for the little boy? He walked the burning sand. Who will cry for the little boy? The boy inside the man. Who will cry for the little boy? Who knows well hurt and pain. Who will cry for the little boy? He died and died again. Who will cry for the little boy? A good boy he tried to be. Who will cry for the little boy, who cries inside of me?” KnowsMenWellsLittlesPainLostHurtSleepBoysCryHe ManDiedBurningSandAbandonedCriedLittle BoysAll AloneGood BoyHurt And Pain Author:Antwone Fisher
“Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta."” MenBoysSawsGood ManGreeceGood BoySparta Author:Diogenes
“Be ever gentle with the children God has given you; watch over them constantly; reprove them earnestly, but not in anger. In the forcible language of Scripture, "Be not bitter against them." "Yes, they are good boys," I once heard a kind father say. "I talk to them very much, but do not like to beat my, children--the world will beat them." It was a beautiful thought not elegantly expressed.” WorldKindChildrenBeautifulFatherLanguageGivenBoysWatchesHeardBeatsScriptureBitterGentleMy ChildrenGood BoyBeautiful Thoughts Author:Elihu Burritt
“Goldstein, you'd be a pretty good boy if you wasn't so chicken.” IfsBoysChickensGood Boy Author:Norman Mailer
“I think I've been a good boy long enough and given everyone around me a fair piece of the pie as far as all of the fleeting glory and reward that comes from the heavens - or the music press, whatever you want to call it.” ThinkingWantLongEnoughGivenHeavenBoysPiecesGloryFairsPressesRewardsPieFleetingGood Boy Author:Jack White
“My parents loved me. My father used to carry me around on my shoulders. I know my father loved me. All families love their children, and we were good boys.” KnowsChildrenUsedFatherParentBoysShouldersFamily LoveGood Boy Author:Jack Kirby
“As a child I was a good boy. Even if I wasn't playing tennis I don't think I'd have done things like smoking or getting drunk. I'm lucky I never liked the taste of alcohol - I know, I'm Scottish so what's wrong with me? - but I never even liked the smell of the stuff. It's the same with smoking, it never appealed to me. I guess I missed out on my Kevin-The-Teenager phase.” IfsThinkingKnowsChildrenDoneStuffBoysTasteLuckySmellAlcoholDrunkTeenagerTennisSmokingPhasesScottishKevinGetting DrunkGood Boy Author:Andy Murray
“Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That's soul killing!” MenMindSoulReasonEarthGuyChristianityBoysNiceKillingMannersNice GuyGood Boy Author:John Eldredge
“When I see a short schedule, my question to the director is, are you really comfortable with this, or are you doing it to be a good boy? At the end, you only win the medal if the film is good, you don't win a medal if the movie is on time.” IfsEndsFilmWinningBoysDirectorsComfortableSchedulesMedalGood Boy Author:Guillermo del Toro
“We girls aren't supposed to fall for the good boys.We are supposed to like a bit of grit in our oyster.That's how you get a pearl, after all.” FallGirlBitsBoysPearlsGritOystersGood Boy Book:The Age of Zeus Source: The Age of Zeus
“I'd rather stay away from the limelight. Not because I'm trying to be a good boy and all that stuff. I just love quiet.” TryingStuffBoysQuietLimelightGood Boy Author:Cliff Floyd
“Normal people, want to be accepted. Screwed up people, want to be accepted. It's one of the few things we have in common. My whole life, all I ever wanted was my dad to pat me on the top of the head and go, Who's a good boy ? Who's a good boy? But, instead, all he ever did was wipe peanut butter on the end of my nose and laugh while I tried to lick it off.” PeopleWantEndsWholeWantedCommonBoysLaughingAcceptanceDadNormalMy DadAcceptedWhole LifeNosesWipePeanutsScrewed UpPeanut ButterGood Boy Author:Christopher Titus
“And so my hope for you, good boy, as you grow taller every day, is that you will learn to take good care of yourself, and you will learn to take good care of others-and, someday, you'll see how those two things are exactly the same.” TwoCareGrowsBoysTwo ThingsSomedayGood Boy Author:Katherine Center
“I was reading Raymond Chandler very much with the feminist eye. In six of his seven novels, it's the woman who presents herself in a sexual way, who is the main bad person. And then you start reading more fiction, whether crime fiction or straight fiction, it's just bad girls trying to make good boys do bad things, going all the way back to Adam and Eve. The woman that thou gavest me made me do it, Adam says to God.” WayTryingPersonsMadeEyeGirlReadingFictionBoysNovelCrimeSixSevenFeministBad ThingsAdamCrime FictionAdam And EveBad GirlGood BoyReading More Author:Sara Paretsky