New orleans Quote by John Kennedy Toole

“New Orleans is, on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive.” quote by John Kennedy Toole — Download Open image

““New Orleans is, on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive.””

John Kennedy Toole

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“Is it the part of the police department to harass me when this city is a flagrant vice capital of the civilized world?" Ignatius bellowed over the crowd in front of the store. "This city is famous for its gamblers, prostitutes, exhibitionists, anti-Christs, alcoholics, sodomites, drug addicts, fetishists, onanists, pornographers, frauds, jades, litterbugs, and lesbians, all of whom are only…

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