A quirk is an odd habit. Habituation is an example of non-associative learning in which there is a progressive diminution of behavioral response probability with repetition of a stimulus. ...
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As an aesthetic principle, quirk is an embrace of the odd against the blandly mainstream.
Napoleon Dynamite became a quirk classic by making heroes of Napoleon and Pedro, boy-men without qualities who team up against an alpha blonde to elect Mexican- immigrant Pedro class president at an Idaho high school.
The avatar of contemporary quirk is undoubtedly Ira Glass, the 40-something host of the long-running radio show This American Life, which recently completed its first season as a documentary series on Showtime.
Quirk served in the European theater from 1943 to 1945 and in Korea and Japan in 1951, handling press and public relations for such senior U.S. commanders as General Omar Bradley, General George S. Patton, Jr., and General Matthew B. Ridgway.
Quirk died in 1969 at the age of fifty-seven.
Quirk was a perceptive eyewitness to such events as the bombing of London, the Normandy invasion, the liberation of Paris, the front-line fighting in Europe and Korea, and the dismissal of General MacArthur.
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