“In the darkness all the gods were strangers.”
“It was a train full of strangers, and they were all the same.”
“They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.”
“If men were reduced to sacrificing other men to appease the darkness, the Dark god's reign had already begun.”
“Gay men are guardians of the masculine impulse. To have anonymous sex in a dark alleyway is to pay homage to the dream of male freedom. The unknown stranger is a wandering pagan god. The altar, as in pre-history, is anywhere you kneel.”
“There are too many of us, he thought. There are billions of us and that's too many. Nobody knows anyone. Strangers come and violate you. Strangers come and cut your heart out. Strangers come and take your blood. Good God, who were those men? I never saw them before in my life!”