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title: "4 Being gay Quotes By Jean-Paul Malfatti"
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> [Do not despair or think yourself a failed or hapless parent just because you happened to have a gay son or daughter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/do-not-despair-or-think-yourself-a-failed-or-hapless-parent-just/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

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> [Being gay is being gay. Period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/being-gay-is-being-gay-period/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

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> [A gay poet is just one of the very many poet gays of yesterday, today and tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/a-gay-poet-is-just-one-of-the-very-many-poet-gays-of-yesterday-today/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

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> [Being gay makes me glad even when I'm sad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/being-gay-makes-me-glad-even-when-i-m-sad/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

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## Other authors on Being gay

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-larry-kramer-58651.jpg) Larry Kramer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-gay/larry-kramer/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-solomon-13073.jpg) Andrew Solomon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-gay/andrew-solomon/)

## More by Jean-Paul Malfatti

> [How old is your age?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/how-old-is-your-age/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [What would be of Saturdays if there weren't Sundays?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/what-would-be-of-saturdays-if-there-weren-t-sundays/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [Snow rocks but snow shoveling sucks!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/snow-rocks-but-snow-shoveling-sucks/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [For he who is not deaf, half a silence is enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/for-he-who-is-not-deaf-half-a-silence-is-enough/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [Playing dumb is not for me. If I say that I don't understand it, it means that I don't understand it. Period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/playing-dumb-is-not-for-me-if-i-say-that-i-don-t-understand-it-it/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [I'm not used to paying tithes and I have never been under God's curse on account of that. And, if one day He considers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/i-m-not-used-to-paying-tithes-and-i-have-never-been-under-god-s-curse/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [It's easier for an Italian to gesticulate without talking than to talk without gesticulating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/it-s-easier-for-an-italian-to-gesticulate-without-talking-than-to/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [If you love yourself, fight for yourself!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/if-you-love-yourself-fight-for-yourself/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [Being (or feeling as) a poet is also to weep sorrows behind the smile of a pen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/being-or-feeling-as-a-poet-is-also-to-weep-sorrows-behind-the-smile/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [Life becomes an even harder nut to crack right when you start thinking that living it is such a piece of cake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/life-becomes-an-even-harder-nut-to-crack-right-when-you-start/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [Understanding the animals' instinct is much much easier than to understand the human beings' (pseudo) intelligence!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/understanding-the-animals-instinct-is-much-much-easier-than-to/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [This year, neither my boyfriend nor I am excited about Thanksgiving. As a matter of fact, we feel as though we were a couple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/this-year-neither-my-boyfriend-nor-i-am-excited-about-thanksgiving-as/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [To love is to find out that life deserves to be lived and shared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/to-love-is-to-find-out-that-life-deserves-to-be-lived-and-shared/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [Neither do I love nor hate the hate itself because hating is the only thing haters love, and definitely I'm not one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/neither-do-i-love-nor-hate-the-hate-itself-because-hating-is-the-only/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

> [I wish I were a big-mouthed cockroach, so that I could lick all the sugar off your sweet kisses before gently and softly biting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/i-wish-i-were-a-big-mouthed-cockroach-so-that-i-could-lick-all-the/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

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