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> [Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/some-buddhists-however-never-seem-to-get-past-the-void-and-i-suppose/)

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> [I seem to be less depressed but also less hopeful now in my thirties. My widow's peak bothers me. I think a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-seem-to-be-less-depressed-but-also-less-hopeful-now-in-my-thirties/)

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> [Non-pantheist models for god seem almost completely untenable to me, though not without interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/non-pantheist-models-for-god-seem-almost-completely-untenable-to-me/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [If we do overcome linear time, I would hope this means dwelling more directly in the fertility of the imagination rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/if-we-do-overcome-linear-time-i-would-hope-this-means-dwelling-more/)

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> [The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/the-peculiar-thing-is-that-in-focusing-only-on-the-here-and-now/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [Anyway, to cut off one's biological dreams seems to me the most fundamental form of psychic castration that you could imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/anyway-to-cut-off-one-s-biological-dreams-seems-to-me-the-most/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [Apart from the underlying mystery of all things, there is also another possible specific mystery in this situation: Why did I become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/apart-from-the-underlying-mystery-of-all-things-there-is-also-another/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [I'm constantly struggling with the futility and even sinfulness, from an antinatalist point of view, of creativity. And that struggle itself seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-m-constantly-struggling-with-the-futility-and-even-sinfulness-from/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [I don't know if Britain ever really achieved that much glamour. We had post-war austerity rather than post-war prosperity, and our cultural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-don-t-know-if-britain-ever-really-achieved-that-much-glamour-we-had/)

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> [Nonetheless, I'm not sure this entirely accounts for my Buddhist voice, which tells me forever to give up writing, to give up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/nonetheless-i-m-not-sure-this-entirely-accounts-for-my-buddhist-voice/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [ I also remember a line from a song by Smog \[Bill Callahan\], which seems to describe the experience of a town-dweller moving… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-also-remember-a-line-from-a-song-by-smog-bill-callahan-which-seems/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [ \[Antinatalism \] seems to oppose the idea of writing anything at all. To reproduce is to pass on genes. To write is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/antinatalism-seems-to-oppose-the-idea-of-writing-anything-at-all-to/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [What I find difficult about Buddhism, though it is also one of its significant fascinations, is the focus on what is immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/what-i-find-difficult-about-buddhism-though-it-is-also-one-of-its/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [If future history is not to be just one damned thing after another in space, then what we really have to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/if-future-history-is-not-to-be-just-one-damned-thing-after-another-in/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [Western progress (from one damned thing to another) seems to be essentially the MO of nowhere fast. But, on the other hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/western-progress-from-one-damned-thing-to-another-seems-to-be/)

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> [I never seem to find what I'm looking for, though. I suppose I feel, these days, too aware of schedules and things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-never-seem-to-find-what-i-m-looking-for-though-i-suppose-i-feel/)

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## Other authors on Seems

## More by Quentin S. Crisp

> [I have a sense of them being Easter religions, for some reason. Christianity, of course, is a mystery religion, too, and I believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-have-a-sense-of-them-being-easter-religions-for-some-reason/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [ If we do want to do that \[ colonise space to survive, \], then vacuous materialism is not going to be enough for us. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/if-we-do-want-to-do-that-colonise-space-to-survive-then-vacuous/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains." My rejection of Buddhism was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-seemed-to-recall-some-words-from-an-old-zen-master-something-like/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [ This is the strange thing about existing in time. As \[Philip\] Larkin puts it, "truly, though our element is time, we are not used… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/this-is-the-strange-thing-about-existing-in-time-as-philip-larkin/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [I've never been baptised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-ve-never-been-baptised/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [It would be hard to say that exactly, but antinatalism is a reality in my life, not just an interesting idea. I can feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/it-would-be-hard-to-say-that-exactly-but-antinatalism-is-a-reality-in/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [ \[william\] Burroughs, incidentally, took up the slogan that we are "Here to go", which contradicts the tendency in Eastern mysticism to advocate staying where… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/william-burroughs-incidentally-took-up-the-slogan-that-we-are-here-to/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [As children in the seventies we were told about nebulous 'strangers'. By definition, we didn't know who these strangers were, and we didn't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/as-children-in-the-seventies-we-were-told-about-nebulous-strangers-by/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [This is part of the fundamental character of Buddhism that I find problematic - that it is not interested in anything. Hence the 'Fascination'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/this-is-part-of-the-fundamental-character-of-buddhism-that-i-find/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [ I also remember a line from a song by Smog \[Bill Callahan\], which seems to describe the experience of a town-dweller moving to the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-also-remember-a-line-from-a-song-by-smog-bill-callahan-which-seems/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/this-strong-sense-of-who-i-am-that-i-ve-always-had-since-i-was-very/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [I like the concept of an anti-muse, though I'm not quite sure what that is. If there is such a thing in my life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-like-the-concept-of-an-anti-muse-though-i-m-not-quite-sure-what/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [ I really think \[William\] Burroughs was onto something here, when he said, "Dreams are a biologic necessity and your lifeline into space." ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-really-think-william-burroughs-was-onto-something-here-when-he-said/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [ \[My muse\] is, in fact, a woman of the world, and precisely because of this, hopes that a diversity of cultures will endure, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/my-muse-is-in-fact-a-woman-of-the-world-and-precisely-because-of-this/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

> [I do have a muse. I am not sure how to describe her. She can be very elusive. She was born in England but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/i-do-have-a-muse-i-am-not-sure-how-to-describe-her-she-can-be-very/)

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