For me, God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always been my closest friends in this journey. Andrew Sullivan More Quotes by Andrew Sullivan More Quotes From Andrew Sullivan For me, friendship has always been the most accessible of relationships - certainly far more so than romantic love. Friendship, I learned, provided a buffer in the interplay of emotions, a distance that made the risk of intimacy bearable, a space that allowed the other person to remain safely another person. Andrew Sullivan romantic-love distance space I think sex is completely absurdly demonized in our culture. But in the end, however much sex you want to have, with however many people in how many ways, to be loved and to love is what human beings really want. Andrew Sullivan love-is sex thinking The middle part of the country - the great red zone that voted for Bush - is clearly ready for war. The decadent Left in its enclaves on the coasts is not dead - and may well mount what amounts to a fifth column. Andrew Sullivan may war country When Bush says that Abu Ghraib was the work of a few, he forgot to mention that he was one of them. Andrew Sullivan abu-ghraib [Bush Hating] undermines the good faith necessary for democratic discussion. Which is a large part of what people like Al Franken are all about. Andrew Sullivan politics hate people Every generation is born into, for the most part, a heterosexual family. Andrew Sullivan born generations [T]he myth that there was somehow a magic wand in the early 1980s to cure AIDS - a wand that Reagan deliberately refused to wave - is now almost conventional wisdom. Andrew Sullivan wave magic politics [Senator] Kerry [democrat MA] is emerging as the worst of all the viable Democratic candidates. He has the backbone of Clinton and the charm of Gore. Andrew Sullivan charm clinton politics ...when a reporter is quoting Sid Blumenthal on president Bush, you know he's scraping the barrel. Andrew Sullivan sids politics president If you change the society and a culture, the politics will follow. Andrew Sullivan ifs culture All s, like all human beings, get many things wrong. Ronald Reagan's extraordinary achievement as of the U.S. was to succeed in getting the two biggest challenges of his time right: defeating the Soviet Union and reviving the American economy and spirit. Neither of those achievements was inevitable. Both were fiercely opposed at the time. But he persisted; his visionary focus matched only by a gentleness of character and a brilliance of rhetoric. Andrew Sullivan character war two We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up. Andrew Sullivan fuel-prices down-and numbers The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set. Andrew Sullivan naughty secret dirty Some of this is unavailable to the male-female union: there is more likely to be greater understanding of the need for extramarital outlets between two men than between a man and a woman; and again, the lack of children gives gay couples greater freedom. Their failures entail fewer consequences for others. But something of the gay's relationship's necessary honesty, its flexibility, and its equality could undoubtedly help strengthen and inform many heterosexual bonds. Andrew Sullivan honesty couple children I was also reminded of one of the unique charms of NYC in the summer: vast piles of rotting garbage piled on the sidewalks, with that sweet yet nauseating smell of decomposing groceries sitting in the humid fetid air, and rancid food juices oozing over the sticky sidewalks. With my windows open to counter the stuffiness, I could occasionally catch a whiff of the stench outside. People actually like living in this chaotic, fetid monument to incompetence? Beats me. Andrew Sullivan unique summer sweet My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started. Andrew Sullivan marriage gay sex Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect. Andrew Sullivan gay honesty life-is Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold. Andrew Sullivan subjects stills feels My own view is simply that there are some very basic rules; very simple rules that apply to all writing in a way, which is: don't lie; if you're wrong, correct; do not misrepresent; and try and keep oneself intellectually honest - which means, as a writer, the very difficult task in public of admitting you were wrong. Andrew Sullivan writing mean lying In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. It is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has to be fundamentalist to be valid. Andrew Sullivan religious law lying
