If love means anything at all it means extending your hand to the unlovable. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When asked, 'Shall I tell my mother I'm gay?', I reply, 'Never tell your mother anything. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The more people one has to love, the more one's capacity to love stretches. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
What better proof of love can there be than money? A ten-shilling note shows incontrovertibly just how mad about you a man… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
To love another person you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The happiest moments in any affair take place after the loved one has learned to accommodate the lover and before the maddening… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“There are a lot of people in the world who are not loved and we must make an inconspicuous dash to them… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love.… — 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
I lost the love of all the homosexuals in the world by saying that Princess Diana was trash and got what she… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that,… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
While I have very little to say in favor of sex (it's vastly overrated, it's frequently unnecessary, and it's messy), it is… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“The average woman, unless she is particularly ill-favored, regards loving and being loved as a normal part of life. If a man… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
As far as I know, you can fancy someone, you can enjoy their company or you can wish them well. But what… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Because it is in the nature of things that they become extreme, we have passed down from manliness to cruelty. If I… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The message that 'love' will solve all of our problems is repeated incessantly in contemporary culture - like a philosophical tom tom.… — 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 Image
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
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 Image
