He found himself waking, despite the alarm clock’s shrill ring, ten minutes earlier each day, and as he placed his head on the pillow each evening, numbers and names and new ventures would float through his mind, directionless, like
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“The ocean to the east was as black as old blood.”
― Bitter Passage
― Bitter Passage
“Below him, a dim figure in a lighter pulled on his oar in the darkness. Sure of his direction, the man required no lamp.”
― Bitter Passage
― Bitter Passage
“Even though I do have a Rich Inner Life, I must have some food and comfort also.)”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
“Mostly I wanted to make sure she didn’t get too close to the river. The water looks awfully inviting when you’re looking at it through grief-stricken eyes.”
― The Moonflowers
― The Moonflowers
“The day had been a balmy day; a south wind had been blowing steadily from the Gulf. Now the evening was still warm. Heavy odors of Mediterranean cooking floated across the congested neighborhood from the opened kitchen windows in every apartment building and double house. Each resident seemed to be making some contribution, however small, to the general cacophony of dropping pots, booming television sets, arguing voices, screaming children, and slamming doors.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
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