Parenting Quote by James Joyce

“She says queer things sometimes in a bantering way that you don’t notice at the time and you find yourself thinking about afterward.”

— Kate Chopin

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

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I was on a kick of reading nothing but gay romance because I was in a bit of a sexual slump, unless you count…

— Nick Pageant

“Well, of course, it was not any of my business but you get very queer glimpses of life sometimes, and you can't help speculating…

— Agatha Christie

“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

“...as a child, I was an avid reader. And despite reading hundreds of books about straight people, I did not grow up to embrace…

— Lesléa Newman

“And yet, she suddenly wondered, should you actually lie about how much Proust you've read?”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“The closet encouraged reading.”

— Jonathan Ned Katz

“--so many people are a little queer, aren't they?--in fact, most people are when you know them well.”

— Agatha Christie

“My interest in books started as a child. I had a voracious appetite for reading. It’s my mom’s fault really, because she read to…

— Catherine Cruzan

“I read nonfiction." She reared back as if offended.”

— Anne Osterlund

“And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much. It was like fucking a…

— Emily Maguire