“We went there to grope for our happiness, which all the world was threatening with the utmost ferocity. We were ashamed of… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“They were conscientious, you couldn't deny it, and they were also flabby, heartless sons-of-bitches. In other words, they were well chosen, as… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“Study changes a man, puts pride into him. You need it to get to the bottom of life. Without it you just… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
“Those people were pushing life and night and day in front of them. Life hides everything from people. Their own noise prevents… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“If that's the case, hurrah for the crazy people! Look, Lola, do you remember a single name, for instance, of any of… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“Dreams rise in the darkness and catch fire from the mirage of moving light. What happens on the screen isn't quite real;… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“All our misery comes from wanting at all costs to go on being Tom, Dick, or Harry, year in, year out. This body of… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
“Now I know... we have at least two friends!... Cillie von Leiden and the hunchback... not bad in our situation... or, come right down… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
I hadn't found out yet that mankind consists of two very different races, the rich and the poor. It took me ... and plenty… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
Since life consists of madness spiked with lies, the farther you are from each other the more lies you can put into it and… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
In my room I'd barely closed my eyes when the blonde from the movie house came along and sang her whole song of sorrow… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
There's a point of poverty at which the spirit isn't with the body all the time. It finds the body really too unbearable. So… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
You can lose your way groping among the shadows of the past. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
“People cling to their rotten memories, to all their misfortunes, and you can't pry them loose. These things keep them busy. They avenge themselves… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“He couldn't have explained this misery of his, it exceeded his education.” — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
