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

I don't accept subtractive models of love, only additive ones. And I believe that in the same way we need species diversity to ensure that the planet can go on, so we need this diversity of affection and diversity of family in order to strengthen the ecosphere of kindness.

We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.

Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger.

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.

The Church responds to antiquated social realities, and those realities remain much more current in Utah precisely because of the Church.

I don't believe that raising my voice in song is going to be pleasing to a God who is sitting upstairs somewhere, waiting to be pleased.