When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, ‘Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don’t believe?’
Quentin Crisp (1908-1999) English writer and gay activist
(Attributed)
A gentleman doesn’t pounce … he glides.
Quentin Crisp (1908-1999) English writer and gay activist
Manners from Heaven, ch. 6 (1984)
Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
Quentin Crisp (1908-1999) English writer and gay activist
The Naked Civil Servant, ch. 18 (1968)
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