“ Oh, Mona, we're all damned fools! Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear! Don't be so afraid to cry . . . or laugh, for that matter. Laugh all you want and cry all you want… Armistead Maupin
“ I felt very close to God.... My friends say that's because I was always on my knees. Armistead Maupin
“ I know I can't tell you what it's like to be gay. But I can tell you what it's not. It's not hiding behind words, Mama. Like family and decency and Christianity. Armistead Maupin
“ Your hair has always been amazing. I remember those fabulous chopsticks you used to wear.Anna wore a look of amused chagrin. I'm afraid Mr. Greenleaf won't let me wear those anymore. I took a little t… Armistead Maupin
“ Two days after his twelfth birthday, a fortnight before his father was jailed for debt, Charles Dickens was sent to work in a blacking factory. There, in a rat-infested room by the docks, he sat for t… Armistead Maupin
“ It took so long to find you...and now I don't want it to change. I want it all set in amber. I want us and nobody else in the most selfish way you can imagine. I can't help it--I'm old-fashioned. I be… Armistead Maupin
“ I have always preferred an occasional orgy to a nightly routine.What?Aunt Augusta said that. In Travels with My Aunt. Armistead Maupin
“ Hey, you look at your tits; I'll look at mine! (Michael Tolliver, Tales of the City) Armistead Maupin
“ She told me about the cop. And the movie star, and the construction worker. You're not having a life Michael, you're fucking the Village People one at a time Armistead Maupin
“ Brian’s face turned pouty. So you were just blowing smoke up my ass. Anna smiled dimly. You may have been inhaling, dear, but I wasn’t blowing. Armistead Maupin
“ How could I possibly NOT be disappointed by what I would find? Nothing had ever met my expectation, since nothing could compete with my doctoring imagination, my pathetic compulsion to make the world… Armistead Maupin
“ Then they would both dissolve in giggles, bowing in their mirth to the awful hopelessness of it all. Armistead Maupin
“ But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children. Armistead Maupin
“ Mona knocked at the wrong time.Uh…yeah…wait a minute, Mona -- Mona shouted through the door. Room service, gentlemen. Just pull the covers up.Michael grinned at Jon. My roommate. Brace yourself.Second… Armistead Maupin
“ The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives. Armistead Maupin
