Car salesman Quote by Robertson Davies
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““The only trouble was, I wasn't with a group of my peers. Who are my peers? [...] And there I was with a dismal coven of repentant soaks -- a car salesman who had fallen from the creed of the Kiwanis, an Jewish woman whose family misunderstood her attempts to put them straight on everything, a couple of schoolteachers who can't ever have taught anything except Civics, and some business men whose god was Mammon, and a truck-driver who was included, I gather, to keep our eyes on the road and our discussions hitched to reality. Whose reality? Certainly not mine. So the imp of perversity prompted me to make pretty patterns of our discussions together, and screw the poor boozers up worse then they'd been screwed up before. For the first time in years, I was having a really good time.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: Fifth Business, 1940
The narrator feels alienated from his peers and creates chaotic discussions to entertain himself, highlighting the absurdity of forced camaraderie.
In simple terms: He feels out of place and makes wild conversations for fun.
Key Takeaway
Embrace authenticity over forced belonging.
Themes
alienation
humor
social dynamics
Mood
ironic
reflective
Type
literary
satirical
When to use this quote
- college life
- social gatherings
- creative writing
- self‑reflection
Key Concepts
absurdism
existentialism
Questions to Reflect On
- What authentic connections do you seek?
A Different Perspective
May alienating others cause unintended harm?
