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A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 26
As I have told you in earlier installments, I was emulating the poet Milton by spending my youth in seclusion, meditation, and study in order to perfect my craft of writing as he did; my mother’s cataclysmic intemperance has has thrust me into the world in the most cavalier manner; my system is still in…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 25
Dear Reader, Books are immortal sons defying their sires. –Plato I find, dear reader, that I have grown accustomed to the hectic pace of office life, an adjustment which I doubted I could make. Of course, it is true that in my brief career at Levy Pants, Limited, I have succeeded in initiating several work-saving…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 24
Opening his desk, he looked at a pile of articles he had once written with an eye to the magazine market. For the journals of opinion there were “Boethius Observed” and “In Defense of Hroswitha: To Those Who Say She Did Not Exist.” For the family magazines he had written “The Death of Rex” and…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 23
Suddenly Mrs. Reilly remembered the horrible night that she and Mr. Reilly had gone to the Prytania to see Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in Red Dust. In the heat and confusion that had followed their return home, nice Mr. Reilly had tried one of his indirect approaches, and Ignatius was conceived. Poor Mr. Reilly.…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 22
Mr. I. Abelman, Mongoloid, Esq., We have received via post your absurd comments about our trousers, the comments revealing, as they did, your total lack of contact with reality. Were you more aware, you would know or realize by now that the offending trousers were dispatched to you with our…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 21
So we see that even when Fortuna spins us downward, the wheel sometimes halts for a moment and we find ourselves in a good, small cycle within the larger bad cycle. The universe, of course, is based upon the principle of the circle within the circle. At the moment, I am in an inner circle.…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 20
I am really quite fatigued as my first working day draws to a close. I do not wish to suggest, however, that I am disheartened or depressed or defeated. For the first time in my life I have met the system face to face, fully determined to function within its context as an observer and…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 19
He noticed with interest that the old woman was beginning to nod at her desk. Working conditions looked wonderful (p. 59) “I have a valve which is subject to vicissitudes which may force me to lie abed on certain days. Several more attractive organizations are currently vying for my services. I must consider them first”…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 18
But the criteria at Levy Pants were very low. Promptness was sufficient excuse for promotion (p. 56). a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleans
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