The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes why should there not be armed hot dog thefts?
John Kennedy Toole Quotes
Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person's lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one's soul.
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| Birth: | 17th December, 1937 |
| Death: | 26th March, 1969 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Professor, Soldier |
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John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He also wrote The Neon Bible. Although several people in the literary world felt his writing skills were praiseworthy, Toole's novels were rejected during his lifetime.
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