"I wanted to know, why didn't I feel the same way about girls that my friends all seemed to feel?" (Chapter 1, pg. 12.)

"In fact, that first adolescent crush on Darrel was one of God's great gifts to me" (Chapter 1, pg. 27.)

"Feeling lost, lonely, and afraid, I spent my childhood and adolescence living in a closet" (Chapter 2, pg. 28.)

"I know now that God was laughing with delight at my new found pleasure, my adolescent guilt and fear levels skyrocketed off the top of the charts" (Chapter 3, pg. 51.)

"We loved each other and we were convinced that our love would take care of everything. Looking back now on the thirty-one years that followed I am amazed at how right we were and how wrong" (Chapter 4, pg. 84.)

"I may be a homosexual, I thought to myself during those painful days, but I will spend the rest of my lifetime fighting my...