“If Henry Miller often sounded like a village idiot, it is because, like Whitman, he was the rest of the village as well.”
“The gaping trunk looked like the mouth of a village idiot who was explaining that he didn't know anything about anything.”
“A village somewhere was missing it's idiot.”
“I'd be at work where poeple respected my opinions, said Nick. And then, I'd come home and it was like I was the village idiot.”
“Somewhere out there was a village I'd deprived of it's idiot.”
“What do they do for a village idiot when you're here?”