"The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even……" — Andrew Sullivan
"The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last."
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55 Quotes by Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan has 55 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- The essence of romantic love is not the company of a lover but the pursuit.
- In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.
- Homophobia: the fear that another man will treat you like you treat women.
- I must say that the Katrina response does help me better understand the situation in Iraq, ... The best bet…
- I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.
- In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is…
- Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals…
- Bush has legitimized a huge expansion of the welfare state, liberalizing immigration, and using force for democratization abroad. All the…
- Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because…
- Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.
- How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?
- I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.