Mom and dad Quote by George Saunders

“His ears and nose were raspberry red, and when he spoke, a cloud of vapor billowed from his mouth. I wanted to tell him…

— Kathy Reichs

“He was a bad, bad bastard. He abused the privilege of being a cunt, as my old Da would say.’ I smiled, picturing the…

— Craig Russell

“The instant the words are out of his mouth, he realizes his mistake. It’s like getting smacked in the back of the head with…

— Maria Padian

“Whenever his father’s eyes were on him, he became uncomfortably aware of all his deformities and shortcomings.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Brighton dabbed the side of her lip, and when he pulled his shirt away, it was smeared with crimson. Son of a mother fluffin’…

— T.S. Joyce

“Either he was suffering a terrible case of gas or he had a pint-size child practicing the trumpet in his back pocket.”

— David Sedaris

“The day his dad didn’t come home, it was like a huge window over their heads had shattered, and every day they were walking…

— Ari Berk

“All in all, it was the goldarndest, Barnum-and-Baileyest, rib-stickinest, rough-and-tumblest infernal foofaraw of a media circus anybody had seen since grandpaw chased the possum…

— John Varley

“One day I told him about the boys of the neighborhood, about their mocking. He said, "That's because they don't understand." "They should understand,…

— Jerry Pinto

“At that point Daddy took them to a cemetery and said, “Here, kids—what you need is a nice corpse snack. Clotted blood! Om nom…

— Kevin Hearne

“Then the old man got to cussing, and cussed everything and everybody he could think of, and then cussed them all over again to…

— Mark Twain

“A sharp pain radiated along the back of his hand. He inspected the bleeding crack, smearing a droplet of blood with his thumb. His…

— J.M. Forster