Metafiction Quote by Bret Easton Ellis

“Tell you what,” I said, my eyebrows rising. “You can drive me home if we keep to one topic on the way.” “Your father?”…

— Kim Harrison

“It’s strange, but when your father has gone you suddenly discover that the choices you have made were as much for him as for…

— Jo Nesbø

“He was like my father. They each wanted me to be their audience, to hear the things they needed to express.”

— Richard Ford

“Maybe the problem between me and my father was that we were both the same.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“Are you lost, Daddy?" I asked tenderly. "Shut up," he explained.”

— Ring Lardner

“And your father?” “You already met him. You must have impressed him considerably. He said if I bungled this, he was going to demote…

— K.M. Shea

“His words distract me from the worry. "You have parents?" "Of course," he says. "I didn't create myself.”

— J.M. Darhower

“Take care of your father," he said. "There aren't many people like him around anymore.”

— Chaim Potok

“She takes after her father." "Uh, I guess," I said, unsure how to respond. Bud's reputation was too far down the toilet for it…

— Cecily White

“You don’t like your father, do you?”

— Renee Pawlish

“But saying stuff, even if it's good, isn't enough. Dad never did anything, he just talked about it. Even I knew you needed plans.”

— Glenda Millard

“I thought he was kind of a dick too, but I didn't say so. You're not supposed to join in when someone is bashing…

— Jenny Han