From Boys To Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up

Famous quotes containing the words growing up, boys, gay, men, write and/or growing:

“Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?”
—Elizabeth Janeway (b. 1913)

“Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don’t are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn’t put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a lesbian.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1951)

“Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.”
—John Gay (1685–1732)

“Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones, you must keep them wet.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)

“To write one song, I said,
As sad as the sad wind
That walks around my bed ...”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“They dance with reluctance, they are growing civilized; the old men
persuade them.”
—Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)