“I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.”

— Zadie Smith , book White Teeth

Source: White Teeth

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“Many men, labelled homosexual by themselves and others, want to be fathers. Their beliefs and those of your society leads them to imagine that they must always be heterosexual or homosexual. Many feel a desire toward women that is also inhibited. Your male or female orientation limits you in ways that you do not understand. For example, in many cases the gentle "homosexual" father has a better innate idea of manliness than a heterosexual male who believes that men must be cruel, insensitive, and competitive.”

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“I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.”

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