Every family is a 'normal' family — no matter whether it has one parent, two or no children at all. A family can be made up of any combination of people, heterosexual or homosexual, who share their lives in an intimate (not necessarily sexual) way.... Wherever there is lasting love, there is a family.

The Shere Hite Reader: New and Selected Writings on Sex, Globalism, and Private Life (2011 edition), Seven Stories Press - ISBN: 9781609800369