När jag försökte komma på något klokt att skriva om "Bögjävlar" till Martina Lowden (även gamla kulturpuggor som jag kan bli stressade i mötet med riktigt belästa personer) drog jag mig till minnet det här gamla citatet från England's Stately Homosexual – Quentin Crisp:
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is not the result of enlightenment, but boredom.
Banalt kan man tycka. Men i ljuset av Crisps liv blir det närmast filosofi. Jag ska ge er ett till av hans guldkorn att bära med er:
On hearing of the death of anyone I have known well, I have usually experienced a slight thrill of pleasure. Another witness to my stupidity or weakness has been silenced.
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jag brukar citera Saint Quentins uttalande om städning; 'efter tjugo år blir inte dammet värre'
Den här funkar bra vid alla möjliga tillfällen.
"Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level."
"At one time I imagined my sexual abnormality constituted the whole of my difference from other people; later I decided that the rift was caused by my exalted views on love. Finally I saw that these two causes were interdependent. Universal love goes with masturbation."
Och jag har slängt mig med denna:
"Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors."
"It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style. "
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