“We are so trivial by nature that only amusements can stop us from dying for real. I clung to the movies with desperate fervor.” DyingMoviesAmusementsTriviality Of Life Book:Journey to the End of the Night Source: Journey to the End of the Night
“And anything that the boys could carry, they made off with. Combs, lamps, silly little things, even bridal wreaths, everything went. As if we'd had years of life ahead of us. They looted to take their minds off their troubles, to make it look as if they had years before them. Everybody likes that feeling. As far as they were concerned, gunfire was nothing but noise. That's why wars can keep going. Even the people who make them, who fight in them, don't really get the picture. Even with a bullet in their gut, they'd go on picking up old shoes that 'might come in handy.' The way a sheep, lying on its side in a meadow, will keep on grazing with its dying breath. Most people don't die until the last moment; others start twenty years in advance, sometimes more. Those are the unfortunates.” WarDeathDyingSheepBullet Book:Journey to the End of the Night Source: Journey to the End of the Night