Tom Lagatos Quotes in Dorian Blues (2004)

Tom Lagatos: [announcing at a Christmas party] Folks, my other son, Dorian, has just completed his first semester at NYU where he is a, uh... Uh, excuse me, Dorian. What's your major again?

Dorian Lagatos: Undecided.

Tom Lagatos: Riiiight. Where he is majoring in indecision.

[Crowd laughs]

[Dorian tells his father he's gay]

Tom Lagatos: [laughs] Son, you don't even know the meaning of the word.

Dorian Lagatos: I don't know the word "gay" means?

Tom Lagatos: I doubt it.

Dorian Lagatos: Well, you're wrong.

Tom Lagatos: What's it mean?

Dorian Lagatos: It means I like men - not you, maybe, but in general.

Tom Lagatos: You hear the anger there? Hm? You see, that's the crux to all of this. You're so angry at me, you'd do anything to try and shock me.

Dorian Lagatos: Of course I'm angry at you, because you've never had anything but contempt for me.

Tom Lagatos: You think this is gonna help?

Dorian Lagatos: This isn't about you.

Tom Lagatos: I think it is.

Dorian Lagatos: What? D'you think I made this up?

Tom Lagatos: No, I think you probably worked yourself up into half-believing it, too.

Dorian Lagatos: I more than "half-believe" it, Dad, I KNOW it.

Tom Lagatos: You don't know horseshit.