"The older man says:
- People come to New York to be forgiven. New York is a permeable place to be.
- How did you sin? - he asks the young man.
Ceth is silent.
The old man says:
- It can't be anything too bad.
Ceth has tears in his eyes and says:
-You don't know that.
Old man:
- Well, whatever it is, I'm sure you did your best. But when you grow up here, home can be very unforgiving.
He later goes on to say:
- When I was mayor, people said I sinned because I didn't do enough during the AIDS crisis. It was because I wasn't out of the closet. But I did the best I could, I was afraid. I was impermeable."

in Shortbus screenplay

Shortbus é muito mais que um filme com sexo, é uma história sobre sentimentos.