"...When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occassional cheese dip."

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John Kennedy Toole

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“The end of government is the happiness of the people.”
“Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.”
“Music is inarticulate poesy.”
“A little weeping, a little wheedling, a little self-degradation, a little careful use of our advantages, and then some man will say .Come, be my wife! With good looks and youth marriage is easy to attain. There are men enough; but a woman who has sold herself, even for a ring and a new name, need hold her skirt aside for no creature in the street. They both earn their bread in one way. Marriage for love is the most beautiful external symbol of the union of souls; marriage without it is the least clean traffic that defiles the world.”
“The art of conversation lies in listening.”
“We in politics are accustomed to seeing reality firsthand and then watching its distant cousin, events as portrayed by the media, unfold on our televisions. We know that what happened in Congress and what is reported to have taken place are two very different things. But that disjuncture, so familiar to politicians, is new to the viewing public. By seeing war and war coverage juxtaposed nightly on their screens, Americans have learned the crucial lesson: not to trust the news anchors.”
“Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.”
“There is no real ending. Itâ€™s just the place where you stop the story.”

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