“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Tears are part of the leeway of the common areas of a hospital, since so many have to do their crying away from the patient's bed. You don't care who sees you cry in the lobby: it was port of entry for all the sorrows, and one gave up all one's previous citizenship at the border.”
― Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
― Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
“To experience love as claustrophobia. In such a twisted paradigm lies the sick legacy of a lifetime in the closet.”
― Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
― Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
“What love gives you is the courage to face the secrets you've kept from yourself, a reason to open the rest of the doors.”
― Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
― Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
“Organized religion is the school of hate, and never more exultant in its righteous indignation than when it talks about gay and lesbian. In America the unholy alliance between the know-nothing fundamentalists and the Catholic hierarchy keeps the faithful whipped up to a frenzy of witch-hunting and fag-bashing.”
― Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
― Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
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