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.

Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.

Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.

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

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that read more

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.

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