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> [“Other people's tears were more than Adrian could cope with. Did you put an arm round them? Did you pretend not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/other-people-s-tears-were-more-than-adrian-could-cope-with-did-you/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

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> [“He knew he could never jingle change in his pocket or park his car like a confident adult, he was the Adrian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/he-knew-he-could-never-jingle-change-in-his-pocket-or-park-his-car/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

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> [“He had quickly happened upon the truth which many lonely contemporaries would never discover, the truth that everybody, simply everybody, was panting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/he-had-quickly-happened-upon-the-truth-which-many-lonely/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

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## Other authors on Adrian

## More by Stephen Fry

> [“...Catholic versus Protestant, essentially. It's that kind of fight. ... And it goes on to this day. Will we never learn? Who knows? Religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/catholic-versus-protestant-essentially-it-s-that-kind-of-fight-and-it/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [How dare you? How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault? It's not right, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/how-dare-you-how-dare-you-create-a-world-in-which-there-is-such/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [“Look at the kind of people who most object to the childishness and cheapness of celebrity culture. Does one really want to side with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/look-at-the-kind-of-people-who-most-object-to-the-childishness-and/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [“The object of love should feel honoured or flattered, responsible in some way. Instead he felt insulted, degraded and revolted. More than that, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-object-of-love-should-feel-honoured-or-flattered-responsible-in/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. That, in erotic terms, is the Catholic church, in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-only-people-who-are-obsessed-with-food-are-anorexics-and-the/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [To me, reason is as spiritual as anything else, the beauty of reason seems to me indelible and ineffable and numinous... the spirit is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/to-me-reason-is-as-spiritual-as-anything-else-the-beauty-of-reason/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [The stranger might laugh and seem to enjoy the writing, but you hug to yourself the thought that they didn't quite understand its force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-stranger-might-laugh-and-seem-to-enjoy-the-writing-but-you-hug-to/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [“The future is a much bigger deal than the past,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-future-is-a-much-bigger-deal-than-the-past/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-gather-a-repulsive-nobody-writing-in-a-paper-no-one-of-any-decency/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-ve-never-had-any-illusions-about-being-a-lead-actor-in-films/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/because-let-s-face-it-i-do-not-get-offered-the-parts-that-brad-pitt/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-will-defend-the-absolute-value-of-mozart-over-miley-cyrus-of-course/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/you-can-t-just-say-there-is-a-god-because-the-world-is-beautiful-you/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [If you know someone who's depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn't a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-you-know-someone-who-s-depressed-please-resolve-never-to-ask-them/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

> [It's as if scientists exert every effort of will they possess deliberately to find the least significant problems in the world and explain them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/it-s-as-if-scientists-exert-every-effort-of-will-they-possess/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

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