Larry King:

Success comes from thinking brazenly.

Truth Be Told, p.162

Frank Schaeffer:

The history of theology (Christian or otherwise) is the history of people desperately trying to fit the way things actually are into the way their holy books say they should be.

Sex, Mom, and God, p. 72

Ricky Martin:

Life is so much more beautiful when you live it with open arms, your guard dropped, and without anxieties or secrets.

Me, p. 12

Leonard Cohen:

There's a crack in everything.  That's how the light gets in.

Rachel Held Evans:

True maturity is marked not by how much a person knows but by the wisdom he or she shows in discerning when to speak with authority and when to hold back.

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Sarah Schulman:

Since gay people face false accusations and shunning every day and in every arena of life, our behavior and state of mind can be deeply affected by either withstanding the assaults, or desperately trying to avoid them.

Ties That Bind, p. 14

Larry King:

Can somebody tell me what the Tea Party is all about?  They say that God is being taken out of our Constitution.  Well, God isn't in the Constitution.

Truth Be Told, p. 146

Mahatma Gandhi:

God, help me to tell the truth to the strong and to avoid telling lies to get the weak's applause.

Frank Schaeffer:

The more doubts I had, the farther to the Right I moved ideologically, as if shouting loudly enough and demonizing any who disagreed with me could solve my real problem: the growing realization that the Bible is horribly flawed.

Sex, Mom, and God, p. 70

Ricky Martin:

Life is a  journey and every step we take moves us in some direction.  When we are ready and willing, we learn, we advance, and we grow.  But it's very easy -- and very common -- to not take that first step and to stay exactly where we are, because after all, that which is familiar is usually the most comfortable.

Me, p. 9

Albert Einstein:

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.

Sarah Schulman:

Saying nothing while your friend's family or lover or society or cultural institution shuns and scapegoats her is to participate in the process.  Yes, it would be better for you, spiritually, to tell the truth to the perpetrator.  But, more importantly, her chance for a decent life depends on it.

Ties That Bind, p. 171