No matter how sexually attracted a man might be toward other men, or a woman toward other women, and no matter how close the bonds of affection and friendship might be within same-sex couples, there is no act of court or Congress that can make these relationships the same as the coupling between a man and a woman.

To have a choice at all is to be free - even when the choice is between two terrible things.

When you really know someone, you can't hate him.

You will learn to defeat the enemy.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have to seek them out and spend time with them.