Todd Young > Quotes

“Now I'm going out to dinner with my parents."
"Your parents?"
"Yeah. They really do exist."
"It's eight-thirty."
"Yeah, well if you're rich and pretentious you're supposed to eat late. It's one of the rules."
"Doesn't that become tiresome?"
"Inordinately.”
― Todd Young, Jumbo

“Joel arrived at Hemmant beach in a pair of white nylon shorts. He knew they'd be see-through once they were wet, and he deliberately didn't wear any underwear, because he wanted to be in the surf, practically naked, and have people looking at him.”
― Todd Young, Subject 19

“It was written in a red felt marker, and his first thought was that it was from Sarah, though it didn't look like a girl's writing. A girl would make it pretty, with kisses and smiley faces, and she would do it in colored pens and make an envelope as well.”
― Todd Young, Jumbo

“Leigh nodded, his face buried in Paul’s chest, and Paul wondered what it was that made Leigh cling to him as he did, as though Paul was his solace, his guardian and his shield, a person who might do what Paul yearned to do — comfort and protect him.”
― Todd Young, Naked

“He slid Gay Whore back onto the shelf, and then saw Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, which didn't seem to fit with the more sexually explicit titles. He began to read it, sitting in the armchair, and discovered that the central character's name was Funny. Was this supposed to be a joke?”
― Todd Young, Subject 19

“Mitchell had heard somewhere that people didn't stop growing until they were twenty-one. Was Tadd going to end up with a cock that hung to his knees? Mitchell smiled. That certainly couldn't happen.”
― Todd Young, Jumbo

“Is it okay if I wear my clothes?"
"Your clothes?"
"Yeah. I'm going to take my sweater off, and open my jeans - but I'd like to do it just like that. I'll leave my socks on."
In all Mitchell's imaginations of being fucked, no one had ever had clothes on.”
― Todd Young, Jumbo

“He pulled out what he thought he would find there, a dildo, though Bradley frowned, genuinely surprised. He sat back down and looked up at Pete, sure that Pete had made some kind of mistake, because it wasn’t a dildo, but a hand mixer.”
― Todd Young, Corrupted

“You in there? It was like the guy was asking if he was okay, if he was safe. As though he thought the room was a refuge. And then Leigh realized how crazy this was. And how crazy someone might be who thought that way. Who thought they could lock you in a room and it’d keep you safe.”
― Todd Young, Naked

“Did it matter that he was gay? That was one thing Dr Rutger hadn't asked him, but then, when he'd taken Joel through to the sample room, there'd been all those sex toys, all of them obviously mean for guys, or were the dildos supposed to be used by women?”
― Todd Young, Subject 19

“Hell, Mitchell thought. He really figured everyone was gay when it came right down to it.”
― Todd Young, Jumbo

“Somewhere forward, somewhere in the future, the summer was locked in the snow. Waiting. More a promise, more a dream, than anything you could really believe in.”
― Todd Young, Jumbo

“You've got to be joking," Brody said a few minutes later. "There's no way I'm letting him fuck my ass."
Joel sight and turned his head away.
"It's got a 'No Entry' sign tattooed on it."
"Really?"
"No, not really. I mean figuratively.”
― Todd Young, Subject 19

“Tadd nodded. "I'm the fly specialist."
"You collect them?" Jake said.
"No. I mean butterfly. Swimming.”
― Todd Young, Jumbo

“Perhaps it didn't matter if he didn't have a cock or balls. He had an ass. That could be fucked. What more did he need?”
― Todd Young, Subject 19

“How the hell can I help him? I'm in a prison. I'm locked in a wilderness. I'll never see the avenue of limes. I'm about to lose my cock and balls. I have no brother to marry. Hell, what am I supposed to do? You think I could care less about anyone but myself?”
― Todd Young, Subject 19

“Paul lifted his hand and brushed his thumb across Leigh’s lips. Then he leaned forward and kissed him. Leigh groaned with release, as though something deep within him had been unlocked. The kiss became urgent, a tangle of lips and tongues, and Paul closed his eyes, aware of the darkness like a wave and of the two of them swimming in it, spinning around and around endlessly, as though the world itself was turning. Paul grasped helplessly, found the neck of Leigh’s suit and tore it, ripping it the length of his spine. Leigh laughed and pulled away and Paul opened his eyes to find Leigh naked, tearing the suit from his shoulders and thighs, a rag soon crumpled on the floor.”
― Todd Young, Naked

“Justin had a few freckles. A few on his face. On his nose and his cheeks. They were one of the things that Bradley liked about him. His smile. his freckles, his cock, his laughing eyes, his curved thighs. His smooth, silky hair.”
― Todd Young, Corrupted