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Alexander Theroux quotes: The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.

The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Why should a blacksmith put his hands in the fire if he has tongs?

Why should a blacksmith put his hands in the fire if he has tongs?

Alexander Theroux quotes: I read passionately with a need to know and see the act of reading as an act of cognition and not simply a means of passing time.

I read passionately with a need to know and see the act of reading as an act of cognition and not simply a means of passing time.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging.

Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging.

Alexander Theroux quotes: for too easily we come to love love first and not...that from which it comes.

for too easily we come to love love first and not...that from which it comes.

Alexander Theroux quotes: That night God and Satan fought long hours for his soul. And God conquered. It was only left to be determined which of the two was God.

That night God and Satan fought long hours for his soul. And God conquered. It was only left to be determined which of the two was God.

Alexander Theroux quotes: September: it was the most beautiful of words, he'd always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret.

September: it was the most beautiful of words, he'd always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Silence is the unbearable repartee.

Silence is the unbearable repartee.

Alexander Theroux quotes: One's style holds one, thankfully, at bay from the enemies of it but not from the stupid crucifixions by those who must willfully misunderstand it.

One's style holds one, thankfully, at bay from the enemies of it but not from the stupid crucifixions by those who must willfully misunderstand it.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Ordinary persons, he said, smiling, found no differences between men. The artist found them all.

Ordinary persons, he said, smiling, found no differences between men. The artist found them all.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people.

Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combinedwith the imperative of accomplishing nothing.

Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combined
with the imperative of accomplishing nothing.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Yellow is vagueness and luminousness, both.

Yellow is vagueness and luminousness, both.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc.

Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc.

Alexander Theroux quotes: A lover is never a completely self-reliant person viewing the world through his own eyes, but a hostage to a certain delusion.

A lover is never a completely self-reliant person viewing the world through his own eyes, but a hostage to a certain delusion.

Alexander Theroux quotes: The best reason for disbelieving in God is that he never gave us enough time in life to pursue enough knowledge to find sufficient truth.

The best reason for disbelieving in God is that he never gave us enough time in life to pursue enough knowledge to find sufficient truth.

Alexander Theroux quotes: It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.

It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.

Alexander Theroux quotes: I hate injustice, I despise inequity, I condemn hypocrisy, I abhor the lack of reason.

I hate injustice, I despise inequity, I condemn hypocrisy, I abhor the lack of reason.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Artists are never complete people. But if it's art that completes them, then what is taken away?

Artists are never complete people. But if it's art that completes them, then what is taken away?

Alexander Theroux quotes: When people call up Rush Limbaugh and say, 'It's an honor to speak to you,' I want to shoot myself.

When people call up Rush Limbaugh and say, 'It's an honor to speak to you,' I want to shoot myself.

Alexander Theroux quotes: The complexity of language, he thought to himself, lies not in its subject matter but in our knotted understanding.

The complexity of language, he thought to himself, lies not in its subject matter but in our knotted understanding.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Nothing is quite as bad as being without privacy and lonely at the same time.

Nothing is quite as bad as being without privacy and lonely at the same time.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Pedantry. The delight in living. Brio. The chance to act, to mime, to mock, to mimic.

Pedantry. The delight in living. Brio. The chance to act, to mime, to mock, to mimic.

Alexander Theroux quotes: There is no loneliness like that of a failed marriage.

There is no loneliness like that of a failed marriage.

Alexander Theroux quotes: Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book?" asked Mrs. Dodypol. "It depends," says I, "how much you used the dictionary before you read it.

Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book?" asked Mrs. Dodypol. "It depends," says I, "how much you used the dictionary before you read it.

Alexander Theroux quotes: We are willing to lose ourselves in another as we exchange fates with one whom we love but on whom our heart is nevertheless impaled.

We are willing to lose ourselves in another as we exchange fates with one whom we love but on whom our heart is nevertheless impaled.

Alexander Theroux quotes: I kneel to my Lord because I am such a failure. I pray, I hope, I look to the Gospels.

I kneel to my Lord because I am such a failure. I pray, I hope, I look to the Gospels.

Alexander Theroux quotes: The ears, which master the face of a dunce, are that part of the head which most publishes stupidity.

The ears, which master the face of a dunce, are that part of the head which most publishes stupidity.