"In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc."

-- Edmund White

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“Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again, you will never come to the bottom of these depths.”
“His mind worked fast, flying in emergency supplies of common sense, as human minds do, to construct a huge anchor in sanity and prove that what happened hadn't really happened and, if it had happened, hadn't happened much.”
“Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience....”
“Only those who get into scrapes with their eyes open can find the safe way out.”
“Women have a way of contorting things sometimes. We all have our moods, ups and downs.”
“My parents were extraordinarily focused on education. It was the topic of every dinner conversation, is are you number one, are you getting all As, if not, why not. You need to do better. So my entire orientation and focus growing up was around doing your best and making sure that you were going to get the best education possible.”

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“There is no better reason in life for you to something than because you love it.”
“The earth rests, and remembers.”

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