“When he went into that bar and saw Tony there with somebody, his head close to a handsome blond one, his hand on the man’s arm, Mac had been so…jealous.”

“Tony chuckled. “So how does my other underwear fit you?” “Like covering a banana with a Band-Aid.”

“That's part of being gay, you know. It's not just who you want in bed. It's who your emotional relationships are with the other twenty-three hours of the day, whose arms you want around you when life hands you shit.”

“Ian willed all his energy, all his strength through that touch and into Chris. Take it, take everything, babe. I'm yours.”

“What's the rule for fighting? Hit the soft parts with your hand and the hard parts with a utensil?”

“Sometimes when you live with one man for more than half your life, you stop really seeing him. Not stop loving him. That center-of-my-heart kind of love doesn't go away. But really paying attention gets submerged in the stupid details of day to day life.”

“The whole room said, "Admire without touching anything and then get out.”