D. E. Green > D. E.'s Quotes

“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”
― Dorothy Parker

“Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”
― Dorothy Parker

“It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.”
― Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot

“The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.”
― Wendy Wasserstein

“To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.”
― Alain de Botton