“The rendering of my thoughts, emotions, and experiences is part comedy and part tragedy as well as history, for life is such a mingling.”

“Southern hospitality and Amish cooking - Ya'll Come Back, Danki.”

“THE BLUE GLACIER SALOON was part general store, part restaurant, part bar. It was my fantasy come true, a Stuckey’s that served shots.”

“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.”

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

“I reached for Helen's hand, and felt her squeeze back, accepting that I would understand more than most the missing part of the human heart rendered by the absence of a mother and father.”

“His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor’s image blurred with my sudden tears. “Hey, Boo,” I said.”