Lawn Boy Quotes

“I didn't need a handsome built boy for a boyfriend. If I could find someone plain and ordinary I'd be happy. I just needed...someone who understood. I didn't care so much about looks. I wanted someone to love me.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“Mom had never had to ask me to mow it again.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“I dreamed about him inviting me to eat at Ofarim’s, or watch a movie, or…anything, but Viktor wasn’t gay.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“When we first moved to Verona she was the only familiar face in a strange new environment, but I’d made friends and Verona had begun to feel like home.  Maybe I’d just finally realized how close we were.  Mom had given up everything to bring me here, but she had done countless things for me before the trouble even began back in Chicago.  I guess I was too young to realize it.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“I loved football, but what I loved the most was having friends and being part of the team.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“Viktor was straight.  He liked me okay, but I was little more than a convenient sexual outlet for him.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“was one of the defenders who took him out.  It was the highlight of the game for me.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“That sounded a bit dirty.  Didn’t it?  I didn’t mean it like that.  I swear!”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“My job was simple—protect our quarterback and if possible break through the enemy line.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“The whole point of any religion, the whole point of life, is to be kind to others and help them anyway you can. That's all that matters.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy

“My sexual desires were only a part of me, just like my sexual orientation. I was more than a willing bottom. I was more than a homo. I was a boy who helped his Mom all he could. I was a boy who loved football. I was a boy who kind of liked to fight. There was so much more to me than what happened when I was naked.”
― Mark A. Roeder, Lawn Boy