Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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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...

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's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

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...

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

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

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

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

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

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

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

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...

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...

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the...

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the...

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.

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

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

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 also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people...

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people...

Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just...

Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just...

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who...

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who...