“People have always imagined, or pretended to imagine, that I seek to provoke hostile attentio
“People have always imagined, or pretended to imagine, that I seek to provoke hostile attention. This is rubbish. What I want is to be accepted by other people without beveling down my individuality to please them - because if I do that, all the attention, all the friendship, all the hospitality that I receive is really from somebody else of the same name. I want love on my own terms.”- Quentin Crisp, from “Resident Alien” Photo by GrahamColmQuentin Crisp is a hero of mine, and “The Naked Civil Servant” is one of my favorite books EVER. I’ve read a few of his books, loved them all, and need to catch up on the one’s that I’ve missed. -- source link
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