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John Kennedy Toole quotes: Oh, New Orleans is such freedom. Oh, New Orleans is such freedom.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: This liberal doxy must be impaled on the member of a particularly large stallion! This liberal doxy must be impaled on the member of a particularly large stallion!
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Had that poor Reilly kook really been proud of Levy Pants? He had always said that he was. That was one good sign of his insanity. Had that poor Reilly kook really been proud of Levy Pants? He had always said that he was. That was one good sign of his insanity.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: You can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces. You can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: It would bring all of my latent anxieties to a head, and the result, I fear, would be very ugly indeed. It would bring all of my latent anxieties to a head, and the result, I fear, would be very ugly indeed.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I should have known that every time I open the door of my room I am literally opening a Pandora's Box. I should have known that every time I open the door of my room I am literally opening a Pandora's Box.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind. Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Will you please stop screeching like a fishmonger and run along? Don't you have a bottle of muscatel baking in the oven? Will you please stop screeching like a fishmonger and run along? Don't you have a bottle of muscatel baking in the oven?
John Kennedy Toole quotes: You must realize the fear and hatred which my weltanschauung instills in people. You must realize the fear and hatred which my weltanschauung instills in people.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Myrna was not astigmatic; the lenses were clear glass; she wore the glasses to prove her dedication and intensity of purpose. Myrna was not astigmatic; the lenses were clear glass; she wore the glasses to prove her dedication and intensity of purpose.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person's lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one's soul. Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person's lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one's soul.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Mrs. Reilly called in that accent that occurs south of New Jersey only in New Orleans, that Hoboken near the Gulf of Mexico. Mrs. Reilly called in that accent that occurs south of New Jersey only in New Orleans, that Hoboken near the Gulf of Mexico.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Filth!' Ignatious shouted, spewing wet popcorn over rows. 'How dare she pretend to be a virgin. Look at her degenerate face. Rape her! Filth!' Ignatious shouted, spewing wet popcorn over rows. 'How dare she pretend to be a virgin. Look at her degenerate face. Rape her!
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me? Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs. Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite! Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Martyrdom is meaningless in our age. Martyrdom is meaningless in our age.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Stop!' I cried imploringly to my god-like mind. Stop!' I cried imploringly to my god-like mind.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins. Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: With the breakdown of the medieval system, the gods of chaos, lunacy, and bad taste gained ascendancy. With the breakdown of the medieval system, the gods of chaos, lunacy, and bad taste gained ascendancy.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Do I believe the total perversion that I am witnessing? Do I believe the total perversion that I am witnessing?
John Kennedy Toole quotes: In my private apocalypse he will be impaled upon his own nightstick. In my private apocalypse he will be impaled upon his own nightstick.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I really don't have the time to discuss the errors of your value judgements. I really don't have the time to discuss the errors of your value judgements.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: She appears to have been knocked a bit in her life already. Up rather than down. If she ever nears me, however, the direction will be reversed. She appears to have been knocked a bit in her life already. Up rather than down. If she ever nears me, however, the direction will be reversed.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occassional cheese dip. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occassional cheese dip.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: It's not your fate to be well treated," Ignatius cried. "You're an overt masochist. Nice treatment will confuse and destroy you. It's not your fate to be well treated," Ignatius cried. "You're an overt masochist. Nice treatment will confuse and destroy you.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Look at that. She think I got siphlus and TB and a hard-on and I gonna cut her up with a razor and lif her purse. Ooo-wee. Look at that. She think I got siphlus and TB and a hard-on and I gonna cut her up with a razor and lif her purse. Ooo-wee.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: What is it, Gus? A problem? Are you having a problem? That's one of your problems. You never tell me your problems. What is it, Gus? A problem? Are you having a problem? That's one of your problems. You never tell me your problems.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I thought that the vibrissae about my nostrils detected something unique while I was outside. I thought that the vibrissae about my nostrils detected something unique while I was outside.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Ignatius, all at once you're your horrible old self. All at once I think I'm making a very big mistake. Ignatius, all at once you're your horrible old self. All at once I think I'm making a very big mistake.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I was appalled that so meaningless a person would dare such effrontery. I was appalled that so meaningless a person would dare such effrontery.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: It will all end very badly, Gus It will all end very badly, Gus
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Canned food is a perversion,' Ignatius said. 'I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul. Canned food is a perversion,' Ignatius said. 'I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Over the years I have become very good at getting out of things I don't want to do. Over the years I have become very good at getting out of things I don't want to do.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: To you character is a psychosis. Integrity is a complex. To you character is a psychosis. Integrity is a complex.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I don't drive. Will you kindly go away? I am waiting for my mother. I don't drive. Will you kindly go away? I am waiting for my mother.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Apparently I am pushing a jinx about the streets. I am certain that I can do better with some other wagon. A new cart, a new start. Apparently I am pushing a jinx about the streets. I am certain that I can do better with some other wagon. A new cart, a new start.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I am an anachronism. People realize this and resent it. I am an anachronism. People realize this and resent it.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Mr. Gonzalez watched Mr. Zalatimo probing his long index finger high into one of his nostrils. What would this one do? His feet tingled with fear. Mr. Gonzalez watched Mr. Zalatimo probing his long index finger high into one of his nostrils. What would this one do? His feet tingled with fear.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: He resented my worldview rather actively. He resented my worldview rather actively.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me. Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: All signs were pointing upward; his wheel was revolving skyward. All signs were pointing upward; his wheel was revolving skyward.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Oh, my God!" Ignatius bellowed from the front of the house. "What an egregious insult to good taste. Oh, my God!" Ignatius bellowed from the front of the house. "What an egregious insult to good taste.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: This guy was a real Pscyho' Mr. Levy said.'To you character is a psychosis, integrity is a complex. I've heard it all before. This guy was a real Pscyho' Mr. Levy said.
'To you character is a psychosis, integrity is a complex. I've heard it all before.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: No wonder you've turned on me so savagely. I suspect that you are using me as a scapegoat for your own feelings of guilt. No wonder you've turned on me so savagely. I suspect that you are using me as a scapegoat for your own feelings of guilt.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Oh, shut up your little pussymouth, you mongoloid. Oh, shut up your little pussymouth, you mongoloid.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Fortuna, that vicious slut. Fortuna, that vicious slut.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Health note: My stomach is getting out of bounds; the seams of my vendor's smock are creaking ominously. Health note: My stomach is getting out of bounds; the seams of my vendor's smock are creaking ominously.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors. The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Like two figures in the medieval Morality play, Pragmatism and Morality spar in the boxing ring of my brain. Like two figures in the medieval Morality play, Pragmatism and Morality spar in the boxing ring of my brain.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him. You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Please, go away!" Ignatius screamed. "You're shattering my religious ecstasy. Please, go away!" Ignatius screamed. "You're shattering my religious ecstasy.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I want that Easter Ham. Where's my Thanksgiving Turkey? Miss Trixie snarled I want that Easter Ham. Where's my Thanksgiving Turkey? Miss Trixie snarled
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Mother went out again tonight, looking like a courtesan. Mother went out again tonight, looking like a courtesan.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Once a person was asked to step into this brutal century, anything could happen Once a person was asked to step into this brutal century, anything could happen
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Like a bitch in heat, I seem to attract a coterie of policemen and sanitation officials. Like a bitch in heat, I seem to attract a coterie of policemen and sanitation officials.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I bet you cook good, huh?" Darlene asked."Mother doesn't cook," Ignatius said dogmatically."She burns. I bet you cook good, huh?" Darlene asked.
"Mother doesn't cook," Ignatius said dogmatically.
"She burns.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: This...is a new crutch to help you make excuses for your meaningless, impotent existence. This...is a new crutch to help you make excuses for your meaningless, impotent existence.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: a block that had moved into the twentieth century carelessly and uncaringly - and with very limited funds. a block that had moved into the twentieth century carelessly and uncaringly - and with very limited funds.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Go dangle your withered parts over the toilet!' Ignatius screamed savagely. Go dangle your withered parts over the toilet!' Ignatius screamed savagely.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I suspect that I am the result of particularly weak conception on the part of my father. His sperm was probably emitted in a rather offhand manner. I suspect that I am the result of particularly weak conception on the part of my father. His sperm was probably emitted in a rather offhand manner.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail. My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one. I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery. I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: I doubt whether any hack, under pressure, could pen such atrocious melodrama, I doubt whether any hack, under pressure, could pen such atrocious melodrama,
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale. Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: The heart is important at any age, I'm afraid. The heart is important at any age, I'm afraid.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking. Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: Employers sense in me a denial of their values ... they fear me. i suspect that they can see that i am forced to function in a century which i Employers sense in me a denial of their values ... they fear me. i suspect that they can see that i am forced to function in a century which i loathe.
John Kennedy Toole quotes: The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes, why should there not be armed hot dog thefts? The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes, why should there not be armed hot dog thefts?
John Kennedy Toole quotes: When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life. When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.

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