One Reason to Stay Quotes

“Simon,” Mom called from the dining room. “Do you consider yourself a bear or a polar bear?”
― Ryder O'Malley, One Reason to Stay

“Ignore me. My mouth doesn’t work when my heart is drowning in feelings.” “Oh, good. I’m not the only one.”
― Ryder O'Malley, One Reason to Stay

“Ironically, Mom had been calling me a bear long before I transformed into a chubby gay man.”
― Ryder O'Malley, One Reason to Stay

“If this was going to be his only foray into gay sex, I wanted to make my team proud. If he converted, I’d earn that toaster from the gay council.”
― Ryder O'Malley, One Reason to Stay

“When his hand slid under my shirt, brushing the hair along my belly, I questioned if he’d stop with foreplay.”
― Ryder O'Malley, One Reason to Stay

“Funnies? You don’t look sixty.” I gave him a wink. Straight or not, I’d flirt until he ran screaming from the store. Red cheeks again. Did daddy bear enjoy the attention?”
― Ryder O'Malley, One Reason to Stay

“This burly, fluffy man with a growing patch of white in his beard wasn’t a daddy, just a dad. Everywhere bears wept.”
― Ryder O'Malley, One Reason to Stay

“From this angle, I couldn’t see his face, but as I flipped through my Rolodex of local asses, none were close to this perfect creature.”
― Ryder O'Malley, One Reason to Stay

“Neither of us remembered how we moved from me crying to being best friends. I’m sure she bribed me with a fruit roll-up.”
― Ryder O'Malley, One Reason to Stay