The ... problem that confronts homosexuals is that they set out to win the love of a "real" man. If they succeed, they fail. A man who "goes with" other men is not what they would call a real man. The conundrum is incapable of resolution, but that does not make homosexuals give it up.
Quentin CrispWhat better proof of love can there be than money? A ten-shilling note shows incontrovertibly just how mad about you a man is.
Quentin CrispAsk yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then?
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