Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of…

Quote by Quentin Crisp

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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....

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.

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

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.

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...

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

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...

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone...

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone...