John Kennedy Toole citáty

John Kennedy Toole bol americký spisovateľ známy predovšetkým ako autor románu A Confederacy of Dunces. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. december 1937 – 26. marec 1969
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John Kennedy Toole: Citáty v angličtine

“Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking.”

John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces

Zdroj: A Confederacy of Dunces

“I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.”

John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces

Varianta: ... I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.
Zdroj: A Confederacy of Dunces

“The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors.”

John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces

Zdroj: A Confederacy of Dunces

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

John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces

Ch. 2, section V http://books.google.com/books?id=xXxWIS_KF5gC&q=%22When+Fortuna+spins+you+downward+go+out+to+a+movie+and+get+more+out+of+life%22&pg=PA48#v=onepage
Zdroj: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous)

“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 A Confederacy of Dunces

Zdroj: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous), Ch. 9, p. 226

“Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!”

John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

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

John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces

Zdroj: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous), Ch. 2, opening line

“I really don't have the time to discuss the errors of your value judgements.”

John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces

Zdroj: A Confederacy of Dunces

“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 A Confederacy of Dunces

Zdroj: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous), Ch. 7, p. 184

“Is it the part of the police department to harass me when this city is a flagrant vice capital of the civilized world?”

John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces

Ignatius bellowed over the crowd in front of the store. "This city is famous for its gamblers, prostitutes, exhibitionists, anti-Christs, alcoholics, sodomites, drug addicts, fetishists, onanists, pornographers, frauds, jades, litterbugs, and lesbians, all of whom are only too well protected by graft."
Zdroj: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous), Ch. 1, p. 21

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