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La conjura de los necios
John Kennedy TooleFrases célebres de John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole: Frases en inglés
“Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking.”
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces
“Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?”
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces
“I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.”
Variante: ... I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces
“The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors.”
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces
“When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.”
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
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous)
“Stop!' I cried imploringly to my god-like mind.”
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces
“My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail.”
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous), Ch. 9, p. 226
“Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!”
A Confederacy of Dunces
“… When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occassional cheese dip.”
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces
Fuente: 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.”
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous), Ch. 7, p. 184
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous), Ch. 1, p. 21
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."
Fuente: A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous), Ch. 1, p. 21