Quotes by John Kennedy Toole

John Kennedy Toole

… I tried to end our little duel. I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered. Still Clyde came, my pirate costume so great a success that it had apparently convinced him that we were back in the golden days of romantic old New Orleans when gentlemen decided matters of hot dog honor at twenty paces

Dog

Golden Days

New Orleans

…I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.’ What do you mean, babe? You a fine boy with a good education.’ Employers sense in me a denial of their values.’ He rolled over onto his back. ‘They fear me. I suspect that they can see that I am forced to function in a century I loathe. This was true even when I worked for the New Orleans Public Library.

Boys

Mean

Work

A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss.

Needs

Taste

United States

Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today’s employer is seeking.

Employers

Today

Work

Between notes, he had contemplated means of destroying Myrna Minkoff but had reached no satisfactory conclusion. His most promising scheme had involved getting a book on munitions from the library, constructing a bomb, and mailing it in plain paper to Myrna. Then he remembered that his library card had been revoked.

Book

Library

Mean

Canned food is a perversion,’ Ignatius said. ‘I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul.

Canned Food

Said

Soul

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.

Century

Denial

Function

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.

Insanity

Pants

Proud

Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale.

Humanity

Lows

Soul

I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.

Cheesy

Food

Writing

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Arriving

Athlete

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Beach

Believe

Believe In Me

Book

Boys

Brain

Brutal

Canned Food

Capricious

Car

Century

Chaos

Cheese

Cheesy

Christian

Circles

Cities

Cooks

Courtesans

Crush

Cry

Denial

Desire

Despair

Details

Dip

Divinity

Dog

Doxies

Dunces

Employers

Ends

Eye

Fall

Fate

Father

Fear

Food

Fortuna

Found

Function

God Knows

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Quotes by John Kennedy Toole

John Kennedy Toole

A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss.

Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today’s employer is seeking.

Canned food is a perversion,’ Ignatius said. ‘I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul.

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.

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.

Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale.

I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.

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