“whenever they get a chance, never fear, people make you waste hours and months ... they use you as a wall to bounce their bullshit off of ... blah! and blah! and blahblahblah! ... you put up with it for an hour, you'll need two weeks to recover ... blah! blah!” PeopleNeedsTwoUseHoursChanceWeekWallMonthsWasteBullshitTwo WeeksBounceNever FearBlah Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine
“I hadn't found out yet that mankind consists of two very different races, the rich and the poor. It took me ... and plenty of other people . . . twenty years and the war to learn to stick to my class and ask the price of things before touching them, let alone setting my heart on them.” PeopleYearsHeartTwoDifferentWarAsksFoundPoorRaceClassRichMankindMy HeartTwentiesSticksSettingSettingsPlentyTouchingDifferent Races Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine
“With two thousand years of Christianity behind him... a man can't see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end. It starts off far too many ideas in his head.” MenYearsTwoIdeasEndsPastBehindsChristianityAtheismThousandSoldierPositive AtheismMarchThousand Years Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine
“For the poor of this world, two major ways of expiring are available: either by the absolute indifference of your fellow-men in peace-time, or by the homicidal passion of these same when war breaks out.” MenWorldWayTwoWarPassionPoorPovertyBreakThis WorldMajorsAbsolutesFellowsAvailableIndifferenceFellow ManBreak OutHomicidal Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine
“Man hardly comes in more than two varieties, wherever he is, whatever he does: workers and pimps ... they're either one or the other! ... and inventors, the worst kind of jobholder! ... they stand condemned! ... the writer who doesn't pimp along, peacefully plagiarizing, who doesn't pump out the pop stuff, he's had it! ... everybody hates him!” MenKindDoeTwoHateStuffWorstWorkersPopsVarietyInventorPumpsHate HimPimp Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine
