Quentin Crisp on Family
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Quentin Crisp, catalogued under family, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Quentin Crisp, entry #90980: "Exhibitionism is like a drug. Hooked in adolescence I was now taking doses so massive they would have killed a novice."
Attributed to Quentin Crisp, entry #172580: "The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate this monster whose shape and size were not yet known or even guess…"
3 Quotes by Quentin Crisp on Family
"Exhibitionism is like a drug. Hooked in adolescence I was now taking doses so massive they would have killed a novice."
"The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate this monster whose shape and size were not yet known or even guessed at. It was thought to be Greek in origin, smaller than socialism but more deadly, especially to children."
"Many discover to their shame that they have scruples; they have roots and, greatest disadvantage of all, they have hope. The fathers superior of the order do not try to influence their children in Satan; they merely shake their heads in sorrow. They know that the apostate must work out his own damnation."