"Oh, Fortuna, blind, heedless goddess, I am strapped to your wheel,' Ignatius belched, 'Do not crush me beneath your spokes. Raise me on high, divinity."

--

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2007). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.30, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

John Kennedy Toole

#Crush Quotes #Divinity Quotes #Wheels Quotes

“It's an unbelievably tight race for hideous today.”
“I've worn black today, because I've heard so often that it's supposed to be slimming. But instead I am this sphere of darkness submarining through the halls.”
“I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking.”
“All space and matter, organic or inorganic, has some degree of life in it, and matter/space is more alive or less alive according to its structure and arrangement.”
“Half of bravery is perspective.”
“Animals do feel like us, also joy, love, fear and pain but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to take their part and continue to resist the people who profit by them, who slaughter them and who torture them.”
“There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.”
“We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.”

Source : Derrick Bell (2010). “Ethical Ambition”, p.5, A&C Black

You may also like:

Charles Dickens
Writer
Franz Kafka
Writer
Jonathan Swift
Pamphleteer
Joseph Heller
Novelist
Michael Jackson
Singer-songwriter
Steig Larsson
Journalist
Stella Gibbons
Author
Walker Percy
Author
Flannery O'Connor
Writer