Curmudgeon Quotes

“Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.”
― W.C. Fields

“It is impossible to ostracize a lone wolf.”
― Joseph Annaruma

“Carrying a plate on which she'd placed a sandwich made with burlap bread, she looked over my shoulder.”
― Julia Glass, The Widower's Tale

“Her cheeriness grates as always, but with Jennifer he senses that it is a true reflection of her inner self and not some act, and that stops him from vomiting his disdain onto her scarf. One doesn’t shout at a lame girl for her limp, or upbraid a blind man for his lack of sight. She is entitled to her disability.”
― William Lashner, Freedom Road

“The most horrible thing that happens to people is bitterness. They all get so bitter.”
― John Fante