Unfortunately, there is no such quote. Romeo obviously misleads his parents, who know nothing of his marriage to Juliet, but his parents are nowhere near as central in his life as Juliet's are in hers. In fact, Romeo never speaks directly to his father or mother in the play, and his parents have only a few lines between them. Montague appears in the first scene after the fight breaks out on the street to ask Benvolio about Romeo. Montague is present in Act III, again after a fight in the street. He learns there that Romeo is banished for killing Tybalt. Finally, he speaks at the end of the play when the bodies of Romeo and Juliet are discovered in the Capulet family mausoleum. Likewise, Lady Montague is only present in the first scene, when she expresses her relief that Romeo was not involved in the street fight. We learn by the end of the play that she has died, supposedly from a broken heart brought on by Romeo's banishment. Right before he dies, Romeo gives Balthasar a letter to deliver to his father, presumably explaining why he has taken his own life, but there are no quotes in which he lies about Juliet to his parents.
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