My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile. (Juan Goytisolo)

My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile.

Juan Goytisolo

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