“I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Recording the man shaving at the window opposite and the woman in the kimono washing her hair. Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed.” ThinkingMenHairWindowOppositesCamerasFixedPassivePrintedWashingShuttersShavingKimonos Author:Christopher Isherwood
“But seriously, I believe I'm a sort of Ideal Woman, if you know what I mean. I'm the sort of woman who can take men away from their wives, but I could never keep anybody for long. And that's because I'm the type which every man imagines he wants, until he gets me; and then he finds he doesn't really, after all.” IfsKnowsMenWantBelieveMeanLongI BelieveWifeImagineTypeIdealsEvery ManIdeal Woman Book:The Berlin Stories Source: The Berlin Stories
“Staring and staring into the mirror, it sees many faces within its face - the face of the child, the boy, the young man, the not-so-young man - all present still, preserved like fossils on superimposed layers, and, like fossils, dead. Their message to this live dying creature is: Look at us - we have died - what is there to be afraid of? It answers them: But that happened so gradually, so easily. I'm afraid of being rushed.” MenLooksChildrenStillsFacesYoungAnswersBoysHappenedDyingCreaturesMessagesDiedMirrorsStaringYoung ManLayersFossilsMany Faces Book:Where Joy Resides: An Isherwood Reader Source: Where Joy Resides: An Isherwood Reader
“It seems to me that the real clue to your sexual orientation lies in your romantic feelings rather than your sexual feelings. If you are really gay, you are able to fall in love with a man, not just enjoy sex with him.” IfsMenRealFeelingsSeemsAbleLyingFallSexEnjoyGayFalling In LoveClueOrientationRomantic FeelingsReally Gay Author:Christopher Isherwood
