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Quotes from A Confederacy of Dunces — John Kennedy Toole

d. 1969 United States

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"I do believe that I shall have another of these savories."

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

"The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes, why should there not be armed hot dog thefts?"

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

"Miss Trixie considers luncheon meat a rather toothsome delicacy."

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

"What degenerate produced this abortion?"

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

"That fat mother got him the green cap."

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

You can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

"The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss."

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

"With the breakdown of the Medieval system, the gods of Chaos, Lunacy, and Bad Taste gained ascendancy."

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

Ignatius...stared raptly at the previews of coming attractions. One of the films looked bad enough, he thought, to bring him back to the Prytania in a few days.

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

Ignatius...noted that several of the actors, the composer, the director, the hair designer, and the assistant producer were all people whose efforts had offended him at various times in the past.

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

"A new film featuring my favorite female star, whose recent circus musical excess stunned and overwhelmed me, is opening shortly at one of the downtown movie palaces. I must somehow get to see it. Only my wagon stands in the way. Her new film is billed as a 'sophisticated' comedy in which she must certainly reach new heights of perversion and blasphemy."

A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Kennedy Toole (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.