“This disease will be the end of many of us, but not nearly all. And the dead will be commemorated, and we'll struggle on with the living, and we are not going away. We won't die secret deaths anymore. The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come.”

Justin Kirk - Prior Walter

“- Emily Montgomery: Are you really gay?
- Howard Brackett: Hmm-hmm...
- Emily Montgomery: Was there... any other time you might've told me this? I'm wearing a wedding dress, which you picked out!”
Joan Cusack - Emily Montgomery
Kevin Kline - Howard Brackett

“- Heck: So, what about you? Are you married? Ever been married, ever going to get married?
- Luce: No. No. Maybe now that the law's changed.
- Heck: How do you mean?
- Luce: Well, I'm gay.”
Matthew Goode - Heck
Lena Headey - Luce

“Gay weddings are so cool. You could have a totally kitschy reception.”
Maddie Corman - Beth

“- Georgia Hines: I love you. Why don't we smarten up and marry each other?
- Jimmy Perrino: Because you're an alcoholic and I'm gay. We'd have trouble getting our kids into a good school.”
Marsha Mason - Georgia Hines
James Coco - Jimmy Perrino