Quote by Sir Richard Francis Burton

“... right glad is the grass that grows in the open, when the damp dewdrops are dripping from the leaves, to greet a gay…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“We'll talk of sunshine and of song, And summer days, when we were young; Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days…

— William Wordsworth

“And down she walked along the street, A handsome lad she hoped to meet And sore by dawn were her dainty feet But all…

— Elka Cloke

“I went outside, tripping over slabs of sunshine the size of towns. The sun was like a crowd of people, it was a party,…

— Jeanette Winterson

“A Love of the Old What couple danced to this record’s gay tune? Who enjoyed this story long a go told? Two things never…

— Elizabeth Novak

“I leaned agains the warm brick wall and gazed up. It was a bright, cloudless day, the sky a mocking blue. It was the…

— Tracy Chevalier

“I went outside mournful, and I hit pure air. The air was full of birdsong. I went outside expecting rain but it was sunny,…

— Ali Smith

“I spent the afternoon musing on Life. If you come to think of it, what a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else,…

— Wodehouse

“River had never lost his cool, not since I'd know him. That was the thing about River. He was calm. Calm as a summer's…

— April Genevieve Tucholke

“Being gay was a bit like the Olympics: It disappeared in ancient times, and then they brought it back in the twentieth century.”

— Nick Hornby

“They were, thank the patron saint of jilted gay boys everywhere, Saint Oh-No-He-Din’t.”

— Cherie Noel

“I wondered then why children played so in the river, but adults ceased to see it with the same eyes. Why couldn't we embrace…

— John Shors