Quentin Crisp

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that read more

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.

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

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

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

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they read more

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head