The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Quentin CrispI don't think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn't something you've done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed.
Quentin CrispThe curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it
Quentin CrispVice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
Quentin CrispThe message that 'love' will solve all of our problems is repeated incessantly in contemporary culture - like a philosophical tom tom. It would be closer to the truth to say that love is a contagious and virulent disease which leaves a victim in a state of near imbecility, paralysis, profound melancholia, and sometimes culminates in death.
Quentin Crisp