"A Confederacy of Dunces" Quotes
An eccentric, lazy, and opinionated man named Ignatius J. Reilly stumbles through a series of comic misadventures in 1960s New Orleans, clashing with society at every turn.
fiction | 374 pages | Published in 2019
Quotes
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century.
Do you believe that the world is getting worse? I do.
Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?
I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.
My valve is closed.
I suspect that my metabolism is characterized by a marked sluggishness.
Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today’s employer is seeking.
Employers sense in me a denial of their values.
You could tell what Ignatius felt by the way he sniffed.
