Parenting Quote by Bill Konigsberg

“I shivered. Careful, I told myself. You don't want to set yourself up for a fall. Be happy. Just not too happy.”

— Bill Konigsberg

“It’s hard when you open your heart and let someone in and then suddenly they’re not in it anymore. It doesn’t matter whose fault…

— Bill Konigsberg

Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where no one thought being gay was even something to ride someone about?

— Bill Konigsberg

The world needs people who are more comfortable standing still. We keep the earth on it axis when everybody else is bouncing around.

— Bill Konigsberg

“To agape,” we all echoed, raising our wineglasses and drinking to higher love.”

— Bill Konigsberg

“Then Albie reached into his pocket and pulled out one shiny Jonathan apple. “Hungry?” he asked us. “How’d you do that?” I asked, wondering…

— Bill Konigsberg

“I think some people are bi, definitely.”

— Bill Konigsberg

“When trust is violated, it's like you're left with an empty piggy bank. Building trust again, she said, is like putting big, fat nickels…

— Bill Konigsberg

“Why can’t I just be bad?” I asked, figuring my mom would have no idea what I was talking about. “Well, that’s easy, sweetie.…

— Bill Konigsberg

“We hugged, and my dad cried a little. I don't have a macho-type dad, who hunts and fishes and collects guns. He's sensitive and…

— Bill Konigsberg

“A thought came to me. What do I think about the date with Rafe? Here I am thinking about what everyone else would think,…

— Bill Konigsberg

“was an amazing guy, really. Totally himself. Totally unapologetic about having all these different sides of his personality that didn’t quite mesh. He didn’t…

— Bill Konigsberg