Quentin Crisp

Quotes

• “The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I...”
• “I am unable to believe in a God susceptible to prayer. I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause w...”
• “The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying...”
• “The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be ...”