Penalizing homosexuals does not save any innocent victims. The idea that God and the Church accept these people while they are celibate; and then if they go off and do something with someone else and both derive joy from it without any apparent harm to anyone else, the Church excommunicates them - that, to me, is bizarre.

There is neither a cure for nor a way to repair autism. There is no implant like there is for the deaf.

I found it very comforting to see that there is no such thing as a completely normal family. People find their way through whatever the differences may be.

Science still won't explain the mysterious nature of love and despair.

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

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

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.