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Quentin Crisp Quotes

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us Picture Quote #1

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can’t think what to do with the long winter evenings Picture Quote #1

You fall out of your mother’s womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave Picture Quote #1

Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan Picture Quote #1

Our clothes are too much a part of us for most of us ever to be entirely indifferent to their condition: it is as though the fabric were indeed a natural extension of the body, or even of the soul Picture Quote #1

I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share Picture Quote #1

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If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist Picture Quote #1

I recommend limiting one’s involvement in other people’s lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in these madly passionate times, but madly passionate people rarely make good on their madly passionate promises Picture Quote #1

A gentleman doesn’t pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one Picture Quote #1

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy Picture Quote #1

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse Picture Quote #1

I like living in one room and have never known what people do with the room they are not in Picture Quote #1

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Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside you want, but whether there is anything inside that you have not yet unpacked Picture Quote #1

Ask yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then? Picture Quote #1

What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person Picture Quote #1

You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you Picture Quote #1

As we all know from witnessing the consuming jealousy of husbands who are never faithful, people do not confine themselves to the emotions to which they are entitled Picture Quote #1

The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love. Then the burden becomes intolerable at once Picture Quote #1

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The happiest moments in any affair take place after the loved one has learned to accommodate the lover and before the maddening personality of either party has emerged like a jagged rock from the receding tides of lust and curiosity Picture Quote #1

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn’t something you’ve done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed Picture Quote #1

The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it Picture Quote #1

The more people one has to love, the more one’s capacity to love stretches Picture Quote #1

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny Picture Quote #1

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Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can’t help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what people do, you think of yourself doing it. And they don’t like that. That’s the famous joke: I don’t like peas, and I’m glad I don’t like them, because if I liked them I would eat them and I hate them Picture Quote #1

The proprietor had hair so red that pigmentation had flowed out into every visible inch of his skin and even into the pinks of his eyes, as the colour of flowering cherry trees stains their leaves Picture Quote #1

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The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us (Quentin Crisp Quotes) There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can’t think what to do with the long winter evenings (Quentin Crisp Quotes) You fall out of your mother’s womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave (Quentin Crisp Quotes) Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan (Quentin Crisp Quotes) Our clothes are too much a part of us for most of us ever to be entirely indifferent to their condition: it is as though the fabric were indeed a natural extension of the body, or even of the soul (Quentin Crisp Quotes) I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share (Quentin Crisp Quotes) If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist (Quentin Crisp Quotes) I recommend limiting one’s involvement in other people’s lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in these madly passionate times, but madly passionate people rarely make good on their madly passionate promises (Quentin Crisp Quotes) A gentleman doesn’t pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one (Quentin Crisp Quotes) The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy (Quentin Crisp Quotes) There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse (Quentin Crisp Quotes) I like living in one room and have never known what people do with the room they are not in (Quentin Crisp Quotes) Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside you want, but whether there is anything inside that you have not yet unpacked (Quentin Crisp Quotes) Ask yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then? (Quentin Crisp Quotes) What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person (Quentin Crisp Quotes) You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you (Quentin Crisp Quotes) As we all know from witnessing the consuming jealousy of husbands who are never faithful, people do not confine themselves to the emotions to which they are entitled (Quentin Crisp Quotes) The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love. Then the burden becomes intolerable at once (Quentin Crisp Quotes) The happiest moments in any affair take place after the loved one has learned to accommodate the lover and before the maddening personality of either party has emerged like a jagged rock from the receding tides of lust and curiosity (Quentin Crisp Quotes) One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend (Quentin Crisp Quotes) I don’t think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn’t something you’ve done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed (Quentin Crisp Quotes) The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it (Quentin Crisp Quotes) The more people one has to love, the more one’s capacity to love stretches (Quentin Crisp Quotes) Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny (Quentin Crisp Quotes) Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can’t help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what people do, you think of yourself doing it. And they don’t like that. That’s the famous joke: I don’t like peas, and I’m glad I don’t like them, because if I liked them I would eat them and I hate them (Quentin Crisp Quotes) The proprietor had hair so red that pigmentation had flowed out into every visible inch of his skin and even into the pinks of his eyes, as the colour of flowering cherry trees stains their leaves (Quentin Crisp Quotes)

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