Quotes by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

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Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere. — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
Not much music left inside us for life to dance to. Our youth has gone to the ends of the earth to die in the silence of — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
And where, I ask you, can a man escape to, when he hasn’t enough madness left inside him? The truth is an endless death — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-inte — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
The mind is satisfied with phrased, but not the body, the body is more fastidious, it wants muscles. A body always tells — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
It is of men, and of them only, that one should always be frightened. — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
A woman who spends her time worrying about pregnancy is a virtual cripple, she'll never go very far. — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
You know about innards? The trick they play on tramps in the country? They stuff an old wallet with putrid chicken innar — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
Chin up, Ferdinand," I kept saying to myself, to keep up my courage. "What with being chucked out of everywhere, you're — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
Anybody who talks about the future is a bastard, it's the present that counts. Invoking posterity is like making speeche — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
Now was the time to make quick tracks. Back to Fort-Gono, retrace my steps? Try to explain my conduct and the circumstan — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time. — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
You can lose your way groping among the shadows of the past. It's frightening how many people and things there are in a — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
You can lose your way groping among the shadows of the past. — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
There would be nothing but darkness, same darkness as everywhere else, an enormous darkness that swallowed up the road t — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
We have got into the habit of admiring colossal bandits, whose opulence is revered by the entire world, yet whose existe — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
A man should be resigned to knowing himself a little better each day if he hasn't got the guts to put an end to his sniv — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
Poor people never, or hardly ever, ask for an explanation of all they have to put up with. They hate one another, and co — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
Our life is a journey, through winter and night, We look for our way, in a sky without light. (Song of the Swiss Guards, — Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night