First time Quote by Ian Cross

“My mother scared herself with her own queerness, and from that moment on I ceased to be her companion.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Every day there’s something which makes me think ‘I’d better ask Dad about that, I wonder what Mother would say…’ and then I remember,…

— Simon R. Green

“Ah man. I remember the days of lying to my mother about a boy. Once I had a boy hidden in the closet and…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

“[...]he‘s a man you‘d be proud to bring home to mom. Gay or straight. Unfortunately, if your mother is anything like mine, you‘d probably…

— Adrienne Wilder

“It was a little awkward walking behind his mom when, about eight hours ago, I had been rolling around on the floor with her…

— Katie Kacvinsky

“I was just about to get up when Dad rushed into the kitchen. He was in pajamas, which was totally bizarre. Dad never came…

— Rachel Hawkins

“From that moment on, I never had another heated argument or conversation about my sexuality because my mother could not understand how anyone could…

— Charles Benedict

“The kind of relationship I had with my mother didn't make me gay. I had that kind of relationship with my mother because I…

— Dan Savage

“Stupid me, I thought he just wanted to see how we were,” she said, but I wasn’t paying attention to her. “What’s your problem?”…

— Chris Colfer

“My dad wrote to me. My mum put him up to it because she got this great idea that hearing from someone I'd never…

— Helen Falconer

“I thought she’d never had a good Dad and I’ve never even had a Dad but I thought…if you had a Dad and you…

— Kristen Ashley

“He seemed particularly insistent. I both did and didn’t want to be left alone at the house with my mother. There was an aching…

— Danzy Senna