Bit by bit, I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
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… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world, I would say that the men wanted… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Like the voice of a number of homosexuals, this is an insinuating blend of eagerness and caution in which even such words… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When I was young, I and the whole world thought that all homosexuals were effeminate. And of course they're not. You can… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The ... problem that confronts homosexuals is that they set out to win the love of a "real" man. If they succeed,… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
My outlook was so limited that I assumed that all deviates were openly despised and rejected. Their grief and their fear drew… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who, before anything has reared its ugly… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
If you live in America, you don't have to work. You can just drift along in the smiling and nodding racket. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
“I was from birth an object of mild ridicule because of my movements - especially the perpetual flutter of my hands - and my… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
If a man were to look over the fence on one side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his left had… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
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