More quotes by Quentin Crisp

"The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right."
"The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."
"The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency."