Parenting Quote by Richard Russo

“The task he has chosen for himself, of wooing my mother with a bright red pickup truck, a Patsy Cline tape, and a string…

— Richard Russo

“brings domesticity and common sense, and that propriety which every man loves, directly into this hurly-burly, and makes every bully ashamed.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“McCleary was an unpolished, semi attractive man in his late thirties or early forties. His hair was grey. His suit was cheap. His cologne…

— Dani Alexander

“The only man I’ve ever been attracted to, and he comes with a bloody contract, a flogger, and a whole world of issues.”

— E.L. James

“I've never thought Mr. Nelson had much use for me since I wasn't an athlete. He probably considered me a failure to the male…

— Katie Ashley

“There’s a moment in every man’s life when he senses his downfall. Sees it hurtling straight at him like a goddamn torpedo. Maybe it’s…

— Jessa Kane

“a choleric, red-faced, pudgy hater of everything, who could turn on the warmest and most charming smile in the world when real life confronted…

— Jack Kerouac

“He could easily imagine what people would say if they could see him now: exactly the same thing they'd say if someone had told…

— Tom Perrotta

“But the boys' bicycle pack also sent a stab of envy through me. If I couldn't yet capture John Cleary with my feminine wiles,…

— Mary Karr

“My father was a proudly antisocial man who spent most of his time at a typewriter, reflecting negatively on his neighbors and society, throwing…

— Mark Vonnegut

“I emerged into the sticky-hot evening to find Ricky smoking on the hood of his battered car. Something about his mud-encrusted boots and the…

— Ransom Riggs