Quotes From "Christopher And His Kind" By Christopher Isherwood

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Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent. Christopher Isherwood
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...I remember a rainy, depressing afternoon when she remarked 'What a pity we can't make love, there's nothing else to do, ' and he agreed that it was and there wasn't. Christopher Isherwood
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The more I think about myself, the more I'm persuaded that, as a person, I really don't exist. That is one of the reasons why I can't believe in any orthodox religion: I cannot believe in my own soul. No, I am a chemical compound, conditioned by environment and education. My "character" is simply a repertoire of acquired tricks, my conversation a repertoire of adaptations and echoes, my "feelings" are dictated by purely physical, external stimuli. . Christopher Isherwood
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Why do I prefer boys? Because of their shape and their voices and their smell and the way they move. And boys can be so romantic. I can put them into my myth and fall in love with them. Christopher Isherwood