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Louis Ferdinand Celine Quotes

«The more one is hated, I find, the happier one is.»
Author: Louis Ferdinand Celine | About: Hate | Keywords: happier, hated
«To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. To hell with them!»
«Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts.»
Author: Louis Ferdinand Celine | About: Life | Keywords: filigree, transparency
«Love, Arthur, is a poodle's chance of attaining the infinite, and personally I have my pride.»
«Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's 'yes', all's well. That is enough.»
«I think all great innovations are built on rejections.»
«The poetry of heroism appeals irresitably to those who don't go to a war, and even more so to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy»
«Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.»
«We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.»
«Living, just by itself / what a dirge that is! Life is a classroom and Boredom's the usher, there all the time to spy on you; whatever happens, you've got to look as if you were awfully busy all the time doing something that's terribly exciting /or he'll come along and nibble your brain.»