Alexander Theroux

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. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#humor #humour #literature #reading #vocabulary

Ordinary persons, he said, smiling, found no differences between men. The artist found them all. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#men

The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#logic #man #faith

Faculty Meetings are held whenever the need to show off is combined with the imperative of accomplishing nothing. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#funny

...we are willing to lose ourselves in another as we exchange fates with one whom we love but on whom our heart is nevertheless impaled. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#love

Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#belonging #essence #hypocrisy #problem #snobbery

Silence is the unbearable repartee. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#silence #unbearable

There is no loneliness like that of a failed marriage. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#like #loneliness #marriage

Artists are never complete people. But if it's art that completes them, then what is taken away? ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#artists #away #complete #completes #never

Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#i #irritating #know #most #natural