“Isn't it interesting what a stranger can offer? A little wisdom, a little mercy, a little love.”

“Isn't a gay Mormon like an oxymoron?''Do I look like an oxymoron to you?''An oxymormon.”

“I know someone loves me from how they say my name. Like with my mom and dad, when they say "Benjamin" it's like my name is safe in their mouth.”

“Do you know what I miss most about Rosemary? Simply knowing she was there.”

“Last year when my grandma fell and broke her hip she couldn't paint her toenails anymore. So my grandpa started doing it for her, even after he fell and broke his hip, too. For me, that's love.”

“Under what circumstances does such outrage thrive? The territory of Utah, glorious as it may be, spiked by granite peaks and red jasper rocks, cut by echoing canyons and ravines, spread upon a wide basin of gamma grass and wandering streams, this land of blowing snow and sand, of iron, copper, and the great salten sea.”

“Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain.”