For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the...

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in...

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in...

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who...

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...