Hope Is Never Silent.

To Sit On The Front Steps — Whether It's A Veranda In A Small Town Or A Concrete Stoop In A Big City — And To Talk To Our Neighborhoods Is Infinitely More Important Than To Huddle On The Living-room Lounger And Watch A Make-believe World In Not-quite Living Color.

Hope Is Never Silent.

If I Turned Around Every Time Somebody Called Me A Faggot, I'd Be Walking Backward - And I Don't Want To Walk Backward.

I Know That You Cannot Live On Hope Alone, But Without It, Life Is Not Worth Living. And You...and You...and You...gotta Give Em Hope.

I Would Like To See Every Gay Doctor Come Out, Every Gay Lawyer, Every Gay Architect Come Out, Stand Up And Let That World Know. That Would Do More To End Prejudice Overnight Than Anybody Would Imagine. I Urge Them To Do That, Urge Them To Come Out. Only That Way Will We Start To Achieve Our Rights.