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When I was growing up, I kept hoping that I wasn't really gay because I wanted to have children. I went through a long, tortured period, so the fact that I have been able to be true to myself and have a family has been the nicest surprise of my adulthood.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Able Adulthood Be True Because Been Children Fact Family Gay Growing Growing Up Hoping Kept Long Myself Nicest Period Really Surprise Through Tortured True Up Wanted

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Forging meaning is about changing yourself. Building identity is about changing the world.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: About Building Changing Changing The World Identity Meaning World Yourself

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Someday, being gay will be a simple fact, free of party hats and blame. But not yet.

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Now, it's not that I think that being gay is the most amazing, wonderful thing in the world, but I have a husband; I have a life; I have friends who I've met through this. It's who I am.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Am Amazing Being Friends Gay Husband Life Met Most Most Amazing Now Thing Think Through Who Wonderful Wonderful Thing World I Think I Am

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If you look at the language of illness, you can use it to describe race - you could experience race as an illness. You can experience income level, at many different levels, as a form of illness. You can experience age as an illness. I mean, it's all got an illness component.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Age Component Could Describe Different Different Levels Experience Form Got Illness Income Language Level Levels Look Many Mean Race Use You

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I think it would be great if in 50 years you could find out lots more about the conditions your child is going to have - and if we lived in a society that is so tolerant that many things that might now lead to abortion would then be seen as part of human variance.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Abortion About Child Conditions Could Find Going Great Human Lead Lived Lots Many Might More Now Out Part Seen Society Then Things Think Tolerant Would Years You Your Your Child I Think

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My parents' usual reprimand was to remind me that I was not the Prince of Wales.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Me Parents Prince Remind Usual Wales

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The only way I seem to be able to keep going while I'm writing is to munch my way through boxes of chocolates.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Able Boxes Going Keep Keep Going Only Seem Through Way While Writing

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My father's an opera nut, and my stepmother used to work at the Metropolitan Opera, so I had a lot of opera immersion. I like the grandness and pretention of it.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Father Had Like Lot Metropolitan Nut Opera Stepmother Used Work

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Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Parenting Sport

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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