Alfred de Musset

How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.

Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

Now, mark it. This may be strong language, but heed it. The people mean it, and, my friends of the Eastern Democracy, we bid farewell when you do that thing.