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> [with the breakdown of the medieval system, the gods of chaos, lunacy, and bad taste gained ascendancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/with-the-breakdown-of-the-medieval-system-the-gods-of-chaos-lunacy/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

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> [“A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/a-green-hunting-cap-squeezed-the-top-of-the-fleshy-balloon-of-a-head/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

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## Other authors on Bad taste

## More by John Kennedy Toole

> [“Myrna was not astigmatic; the lenses were clear glass; she wore the glasses to prove her dedication and intensity of purpose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/myrna-was-not-astigmatic-the-lenses-were-clear-glass-she-wore-the/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [“She ran into the bathroom and powdered her face and the front of her dress, drew a surrealistic version of a mouth beneath her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/she-ran-into-the-bathroom-and-powdered-her-face-and-the-front-of-her/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [“Is it the part of the police department to harass me when this city is a flagrant vice capital of the civilized world?" Ignatius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/is-it-the-part-of-the-police-department-to-harass-me-when-this-city/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [employers sense in me a denial of their values...they fear me. i suspect that they can see that i am forced to function in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/employers-sense-in-me-a-denial-of-their-values-they-fear-me-i-suspect/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [“Do I believe the total perversion that I am witnessing?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/do-i-believe-the-total-perversion-that-i-am-witnessing/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [Between notes, he had contemplated means of destroying Myrna Minkoff but had reached no satisfactory conclusion. His most promising scheme had involved getting a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/between-notes-he-had-contemplated-means-of-destroying-myrna-minkoff/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [“I suspect that beneath your offensively and vulgarly effeminate façade there may be a soul of sorts. Have you read widely in Boethius?" "Who?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/i-suspect-that-beneath-your-offensively-and-vulgarly-effeminate-fa/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/i-am-at-the-moment-writing-a-lengthy-indictment-against-our-century/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [“In my private apocalypse he will be impaled upon his own nightstick.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/in-my-private-apocalypse-he-will-be-impaled-upon-his-own-nightstick/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [Psycho? The woman's senile. We had to stop at about thirty gas stations on the way over here. Finally I got tired of getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/psycho-the-woman-s-senile-we-had-to-stop-at-about-thirty-gas-stations/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/i-mingle-with-my-peers-or-no-one-and-since-i-have-no-peers-i-mingle/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [“Hey! All you peoples draggin along here. Stop and come stick your ass on a Night of Joy stool," he started again. "Night of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/hey-all-you-peoples-draggin-along-here-stop-and-come-stick-your-ass/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [“Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/schiller-needed-the-scent-of-apples-rotting-in-his-desk-in-order-to/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [“Every difficult work presents us with a choice of whether to judge the author inept for not being clear, or ourselves stupid for not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/every-difficult-work-presents-us-with-a-choice-of-whether-to-judge/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

> [“Had you ‘artists’ had a part in the decoration of the Sistine Chapel, it would have ended up looking like a particularly vulgar train…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/had-you-artists-had-a-part-in-the-decoration-of-the-sistine-chapel-it/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

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