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Andrew Solomon Quotes

Loving our own children is an exercise for the imagination Picture Quote #1

I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn’t come for the food or the weather! Picture Quote #1

It is easy to keep secrets by being honest in an ironic tone of voice Picture Quote #1

When a church manipulates the law to say, These people are lesser, it takes a lot of resilience to hold your head up and say, I am not lesser! Some people can do it and some cannot; and some of those people who cannot will be destroyed Picture Quote #1

Kids with Down syndrome are, by and large, quite affectionate and relatively guileless, and frequently, the attachments to them grow and deepen. And the meaning that parents find in it grows and deepens Picture Quote #1

Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is almost always profoundly isolating Picture Quote #1

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If you are married and you go off and have an affair with someone, if you are a husband who does that, it may potentially hurt your wife enormously. But it seems to me likely also to compromise your marriage. That seems to me to be a harm Picture Quote #1

I have always believed in trying to be a good person and giving to the world, and treating others in a just, kind, merciful way Picture Quote #1

I love to communicate, and I love music. That’s why I always thought not being able to hear would be a tragedy Picture Quote #1

The experience of being depressed and emerging from depression made me understand the idea of a soul. I felt that the language in which one could best acknowledge that drew from faith Picture Quote #1

Religion is so focused on family. These days, for many people, being gay is also focused on family Picture Quote #1

You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you’ve come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph, evincing a better self in response to things that hurt Picture Quote #1

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I’m sure that if we had enough sophistication, someone could look at what my changes in brain structure were as I came to feel more deeply in love Picture Quote #1

Being in a marriage and having children is the greatest pleasure, but it is certainly not the easiest pleasure. It is not like eating ice cream Picture Quote #1

I do think that if the Church can see its way to greater tolerance, Church members will have greater exposure to gay people, and the lives of those gay people will be better Picture Quote #1

Depression is the flaw in love. There’s no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy Picture Quote #1

I have two nexuses of sadness about the Mormon Church. The first is the effect the Church’s position on homosexuality has on Mormons Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe that raising my voice in song is going to be pleasing to a God who is sitting upstairs somewhere, waiting to be pleased Picture Quote #1

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I don’t understand what the nature of God is. But I do have the feeling that I’m at some feet, and lucky to be there Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe that there is anyone of faith whose faith would not be strengthened by those experiences of family Picture Quote #1

I have spent a lot of my life trying to do good and be a humanitarian, to write about difficult places, and to tell the story of oppressed peoples Picture Quote #1

I grew up in a very rationalist household. My father, in particular, came from that mid-century tradition of thinking science will ultimately explain everything Picture Quote #1

I’m not studying everything that can go wrong. What I’m studying is how much love there can be, even when everything appears to be going wrong Picture Quote #1

Our needs are our greatest asset. It turns out I’ve learned to give all the things that I need Picture Quote #1

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Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don’t believe it Picture Quote #1

I encounter a lot of prejudice and a lot of darkness. I have to negotiate constantly through situations that are uncomfortable or difficult or strange Picture Quote #1

I was in fact anxious about whether I would be any good at being a father. And then I met so many people who had been good parents under difficult circumstances, and I felt inspired by them Picture Quote #1

People who are different are constantly dealing with families who don’t understand them Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, people end up thankful for what they mourned. You cannot achieve this state by seeking tragedy, but you can keep yourself open more to sorrow’s richness than to unmediated despair. Tragedies with happy endings may be sentimental tripe, or they may be the true meaning of love Picture Quote #1

It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know Picture Quote #1

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Loving our own children is an exercise for the imagination (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn’t come for the food or the weather! (Andrew Solomon Quotes) It is easy to keep secrets by being honest in an ironic tone of voice (Andrew Solomon Quotes) When a church manipulates the law to say, These people are lesser, it takes a lot of resilience to hold your head up and say, I am not lesser! Some people can do it and some cannot; and some of those people who cannot will be destroyed. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) Kids with Down syndrome are, by and large, quite affectionate and relatively guileless, and frequently, the attachments to them grow and deepen. And the meaning that parents find in it grows and deepens (Andrew Solomon Quotes) Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is almost always profoundly isolating. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) If you are married and you go off and have an affair with someone, if you are a husband who does that, it may potentially hurt your wife enormously. But it seems to me likely also to compromise your marriage. That seems to me to be a harm. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I have always believed in trying to be a good person and giving to the world, and treating others in a just, kind, merciful way. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I love to communicate, and I love music. That’s why I always thought not being able to hear would be a tragedy. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) The experience of being depressed and emerging from depression made me understand the idea of a soul. I felt that the language in which one could best acknowledge that drew from faith. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) Religion is so focused on family. These days, for many people, being gay is also focused on family. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you’ve come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph, evincing a better self in response to things that hurt. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I’m sure that if we had enough sophistication, someone could look at what my changes in brain structure were as I came to feel more deeply in love. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) Being in a marriage and having children is the greatest pleasure, but it is certainly not the easiest pleasure. It is not like eating ice cream. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I do think that if the Church can see its way to greater tolerance, Church members will have greater exposure to gay people, and the lives of those gay people will be better. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) Depression is the flaw in love. There’s no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I have two nexuses of sadness about the Mormon Church. The first is the effect the Church’s position on homosexuality has on Mormons. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I don’t believe that raising my voice in song is going to be pleasing to a God who is sitting upstairs somewhere, waiting to be pleased. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I don’t understand what the nature of God is. But I do have the feeling that I’m at some feet, and lucky to be there. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I don’t believe that there is anyone of faith whose faith would not be strengthened by those experiences of family. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I have spent a lot of my life trying to do good and be a humanitarian, to write about difficult places, and to tell the story of oppressed peoples. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I grew up in a very rationalist household. My father, in particular, came from that mid-century tradition of thinking science will ultimately explain everything. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I’m not studying everything that can go wrong. What I’m studying is how much love there can be, even when everything appears to be going wrong. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) Our needs are our greatest asset. It turns out I’ve learned to give all the things that I need. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don’t believe it. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I encounter a lot of prejudice and a lot of darkness. I have to negotiate constantly through situations that are uncomfortable or difficult or strange. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) I was in fact anxious about whether I would be any good at being a father. And then I met so many people who had been good parents under difficult circumstances, and I felt inspired by them. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) People who are different are constantly dealing with families who don’t understand them (Andrew Solomon Quotes) Sometimes, people end up thankful for what they mourned. You cannot achieve this state by seeking tragedy, but you can keep yourself open more to sorrow’s richness than to unmediated despair. Tragedies with happy endings may be sentimental tripe, or they may be the true meaning of love. (Andrew Solomon Quotes) It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know (Andrew Solomon Quotes)

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