408 Quotes by Andrew Solomon
"I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power."
"I look at the rates of suicide among gay teens. They are so, so high for suicide attempts and for completed suicides."
"The absence of words is the absence of intimacy. There are experiences that are starved for language."
"Being gay is immutable. Maybe someday we'll figure out more of the science and it will be changeable, but we have no leads so far."
"The Church responds to antiquated social realities, and those realities remain much more current in Utah precisely because of the Church."
"There is also somehow the idea that this gay thing is all just about indulgence in carnal pleasure. When I was twenty and felt that nobody could know I was gay, I was having sex with strangers in public parks. I don't think it was evil exactly, but it wasn't so great either. There was nobody particularly benefiting from it, except, I suppose, to the extent that it gave some pleasure to me and perhaps whomever I was with."
"Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds."