Boy Named Goo

Famous quotes containing the words boy, named and/or goo:

“Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before ‘tis a peascod, or a codling when ‘tis almost an apple. ‘Tis with him in standing water between boy and man.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“1946: I go to graduate school at Tulane in order to get distance from a “possessive” mother. I see a lot of a red-haired girl named Maude-Ellen. My mother asks one day: “Does Maude-Ellen have warts? Every girl I’ve known named Maude-Ellen has had warts.” Right: Maude-Ellen had warts.”
—Bill Bouke (20th century)

“Since I do miss your vaice an’ feace
In prayer at eventide,
I’ll pray wi’ woone said vaice vor greace
To goo where you do bide;”
—William Barnes (1801–1886)