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✵ 25. december 1908 – 21. november 1999   •   Ďalšie mená كوینتین كریسب, كوينتين كريسب
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“There was no need to do any housework at all. After four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse.”

Quentin Crisp kniha The Naked Civil Servant

Zdroj: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 15

“In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast.”

Quentin Crisp kniha The Naked Civil Servant

The Naked Civil Servant (1968)

“If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.”

Zdroj: The Naked Civil Servant; How To Become A Virgin; Resident Alien

“Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.”

Quentin Crisp kniha The Naked Civil Servant

Zdroj: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 1
Kontext: Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level.

“Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.”

Quentin Crisp kniha The Naked Civil Servant

Zdroj: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 18

“I became one of the stately homos of England.”

Quentin Crisp kniha The Naked Civil Servant

Zdroj: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 23

“As someone remarked, when told the new atomic bombs would explode without a bang, "they can’t leave anything alone."”

Quentin Crisp kniha The Naked Civil Servant

Zdroj: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 13