Collection of quotes from the novel "A clockwork orange"

"Oh oh oh. I said, smiling very wide and droogie:" Well if isn't fat stinking billygoat Billyboy in poison. How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap stinking chip-oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles, you eunuch jelly, thou"


I chose this quote because I was very fascinated about the main character "Alex's" way of saluting Billy. It is a polite, at the same time rude and well put invitation to a fight. This is a very typical way of Burgess, the author to give a feeling of discomfort but fascination and confusion about a scene at the same time. This mysterious undertone is repeated at many times in the novel.


"Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures!"


This is among the most beautifly described thoughts that the main character Alex has. But in the same way he associates the music to his so called "ultra violence". At the same time as he listens to classical music he slooshes and fantasies about torturing people, suffering and blood and flesh flying everywhere. It is a very strong contrast between something very evil and something very good and beautiful. And that is what fascinates me about this whole character. 


Suddenly, I viddied what I had to do, and what I had wanted to do, and that was to do myself in; to snuff it, to blast off for ever out of this wicked, cruel world. One moment of pain perhaps and, then, sleep for ever, and ever and ever.


This is when Alex is ready to take suicide. After the experiment he has developed an anxiety as an effect off listening to a special song of Beethoven. The cruelty of this is that they have made him hate the only good thing of his interests and joys. Though, in this sad scene you can really relate to Alex way of thinking and you feel for him even though he is the villan of this story. That is what made this quote speciall interesing.


By Emelie S.