“You know how hard it is to actually touch the world? To make a mark on it? You die and they bury you in it.”

“He tried to imagine the handsome couple by the refrigerator as two sweaty bodies in a bedroom, one on top of the other. Which did what to the other? Mills kept rotating the two men in his mind, whi...”

“Thats what children eventually were for their aging parents: custodians of technology, free personal IT departments keeping them from disappearing forever from the universal cloud.”

“Mills was experienced enough to understand what gay men were often forced to be in this world: romantic opportunists.”

“Women had cup sizes to track their development. Men had a ruler and hope.”

“Paul needed to come out, not as gay or straight, but as human.”

“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”

“The vast and beautiful world is the home we share together.”

“I stood there a long while, staring at that tree. It looked so strongSo beautiful. Hurt right down the middleBut alive and well. Cee touched my shoulderLightly. Frank? Yes? Come on, brother. Let's ...”