Douglas

“It was far better, he thought, just to get on with life yourself, to have your own adventures and make your own mistakes, without raising a banner over them that proclaimed: I'm this, or I'm that; of this party or of the other one.”
― Anthony McDonald, Adam

“Exposing impressionable young men to the glories of opera on their first evening at home with you tended to put the kiss of death on things, as Oliver, to his cost, had discovered over the years.”
― Anthony McDonald, Getting Orlando

“Are we all just lightning rods for other people's destinies? Is that what it's all about”
― Anthony McDonald, Getting Orlando

“Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless.”
― Willie Nelson