408 Quotes by Andrew Solomon

"There is a great deal of sin that comes from homosexuals who believe their homosexuality is a sin."

"I hate the comparative idea that you have to love your spouse more than you love your parents."

"I have found that the greatest stories of acceptance and love and the ugliest stories of hideous cruelty and abuse have equally been perpetrated in the name of Christian faith."

"Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy."

"I don't understand what the nature of God is. But I do have the feeling that I'm at some feet, and lucky to be there."

"We live in the right time, even if it doesn't always feel like it."

"We see people of kindness, compassion, and possibly even faith being told, "Because of a characteristic with which you were born, you are evil and bad." Anything that even implies such a stance is profoundly toxic."

"Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is almost always profoundly isolating."

"I grew up feeling that to be gay was a tragedy. I didn't grow up thinking that it was morally wrong, but I grew up thinking that it would make me marginal, prevent me from having children, and quite possibly prevent me from having a meaningful long relationship. It seemed that this condition would leave me with a vastly reduced life."

"It is easy to keep secrets by being honest in an ironic tone of voice."