People who believe that they are going to be excommunicated and shamed, or whatever other dark things may happen to them, are much less likely to enter open, loving relationships. And they are also much less likely to have the self-esteem that is required to be monogamous and loving. And in consequence, they are much less likely to create families.
Andrew SolomonI believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.
Andrew SolomonDepressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks.
Andrew SolomonI think a lot of the time people assume that their values are universal. And they don't understand which aspects of their values are actually universal and which aspects are very specific.
Andrew SolomonI 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.
Andrew SolomonI've chronicled the experience of the mother of a transgender child who got attacked by the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee, and that of a transgender woman who was asked to deliver a sermon at her Montana church and got a standing ovation from her congregation. The idea that Christianity is a blanket term that encompasses both of those attitudes seems ludicrous to me.
Andrew Solomon