Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, read more

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and read more

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.

When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he read more

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? read more

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you.

A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of read more

A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and read more

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure