I have known female whores who spoke very bitterly of their calling. "If they don't like my face, they can put a cushion over it. I know it's not that they're interested in." But to the boys this profession never seemed shameful. It was their daytime occupations for which they felt the need to apologize. In some instances, these were lower class or humdrum or, worst of all, unfeminine. At least whoring was never that.
Quentin CrispNothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh.
Quentin CrispYou can't be a person and a lady. If you're a person, you can open the damned door yourself.
Quentin Crisp