“People who aren't addicts want to know why I became one. They ask whether I had a midlife crisis. I'm only speaking for myself now, but I've stopped asking why and how. It's all about surrender and acceptance. It doesn't matter why I am an addict.” PeopleKnowsWantMatterAsksAcceptanceAskingCrisisSurrenderAddictMidlifeMidlife CrisisAsking Why Author:Kevin Sessums
“To some people, knowledge and science are everything. To me, God is everything I don't know.” PeopleKnows Author:Kevin Sessums
“I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldGay Author:Kevin Sessums
“We didn't know each other [with Larry Kramer at Yale], but we had a lot of mutual friends.” KnowsMutualLarryYaleKramer Author:Kevin Sessums
“One of the few nice things about [time in Yale] was you got to know people before there were labels on them, so you got to know them as people, not as either gay or straight. Because as far as we knew, we thought everyone was straight.” PeopleKnowsNiceGayLabelsNice ThingsYale Author:Kevin Sessums
“Back in Kansas City, I associated Harvard with sort of gnarly guys who wore capes for effect in a kind of Oscar Wilde scene. Even though I also knew there was such a thing as the Harvard-Yale game, I was still a little surprised that Harvard had a football team. I just assumed if there were such a thing as gay people, that they were nothing like us. Little did I know that probably half the swim team at Yale was gay.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindLittlesStillsGuyGamesCitiesHalfTeamEffectsFootballSceneGaySwimOscarsHarvardGay PeopleFootball TeamKansasYaleCapesWildeKansas CityGnarlySwim Team Author:Kevin Sessums
“You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember when we were all sitting around on a roof one night and Larry turned to me and said, "You do know I'm gay, don't you?" There was a statement made. A declaration. We just never had really talked about it.” KnowsMadeSaidRememberNightTalkingGaySittingStatementsRoofSophisticatedDeclarationRemember WhenOne NightLarrySitting Around Author:Kevin Sessums
