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Christopher Isherwood Quotes

«It seems to me that the real clue to your sex-orientation lies in your romantic feelings rather than in your sexual feelings. If you are really gay, you are able to fall in love with a man, not just enjoy having sex with him.»
«I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.»
«California is a tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land»
«Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination»
«One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself»
«We live in stirring times - tea-stirring times.»
«I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent»
«What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has changed. We don't dislike these people any more.' But by the strangest coincidence, they haven't taken away the injustice; the laws are still on the books.»