To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
Quentin CrispWhen I was young, I wanted to find the Great Dark Man. When I said that I realise now that people thought that by 'dark' I meant black, and that by 'great' I meant big. Whereas I only meant a strong, mysterious person; someone who would 'take me away from all this.'
Quentin CrispAmerica believes in freedom. The English don't believe in it. They don't believe in happiness.
Quentin Crisp