“There’s no crying in baseball and no love in Hell. It’s just the rules. You could say it’s against our religion, more or less.”
“There’s nothing you could do to make me any more or less gay, Dad. It’s who I am.”“It’s not who you are. It’s part of who you are, but it’s not who you are. You’re so much more than just that, and I’m proud of you. All of you." ~ Lucas' Father”
“There’s no crying in baseball!”
“In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.”
“If there’s one thing I know, it’s that there’s some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what.”
“Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.”