I refuse to look up. Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man'…

John Kennedy Toole
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I refuse to look up. Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery. ✨ John Kennedy Toole (2004). A Confederacy of Dunces, p.89, LSU Press
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