In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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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...

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

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

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

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...

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman...

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman...

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

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

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.

I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps...

I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps...

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

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...

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

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...

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

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...

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...

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.