Alexander Theroux
Novelist
1939-08-17
Alexander Theroux is an American novelist and poet. He is known for the novel Darconville's Cat and other literary works.
Quotes by Alexander Theroux
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Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book? asked Mrs. Dodypol. It depends, says I, how much you used the dictionary before you read it.
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Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combinedwith the imperative of accomplishing nothing.
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The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.
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Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combinedwith the imperative of accomplishing nothing.
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Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book? asked Mrs. Dodypol. It depends, says I, how much you used the dictionary before you read it.
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The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.
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Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging.
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It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.
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