If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you … - Quentin Crisp

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Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

Quentin Crisp

If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.

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My outlook was so limited that I assumed that all deviates were openly despised and rejected. Their grief and their fear drew my melancholy nature strongly. At first I only wanted to wallow in their misery, but, as time went by, I longed to reach its very essence. Finally I desired to represent it. By this process I managed to shift homosexuality from being a burden to being a cause. The weight lifted and some of the guilt evaporated.

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When asked to give advice, I do of course give it, because I give whatever I am asked to give.

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The absolute nothingness of death is a blessing. Something to look forward to.

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One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend.

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The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

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I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.

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Kant argued that, where nature could be considered beautiful in her acts of destruction, human violence appeared instead as monstrous. However, a misreading of Kant in Romantic philosophy led to the idealization of the murderer as a sublime genius that has colored constructions of that criminal figure ever since.

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Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

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I'm a minister, and I serve as a minister in addition to being a university professor.

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