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Quotations By Quentin Crisp


Existence
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us

Love
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.