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“I warn you that when the princes of this world start loving you it means they are going to grind you up into battle sausage.”

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Louis-Ferdinand Celine was a French novelist known for his unique literary style and profound criticism of modern society. His works often explore the absurdity and loneliness of human existence through satire and humor. more

“The best way to make a sort of peace, a fragile armistice to be sure, but precious all the same, with men, officers or not, is to let them bask and wallow in childish self-glorification. There’s no such thing as intelligent vanity. It’s an instinct. And you’ll never find a man who is not first and formenost vain. The role of admiring doormat is about the only one that one man is glad to tolerate in another. With these soldiers I had no need to tax my imagination.”

“It was not death or dying that frightened him, but the unexpectedness of both. In sorting it all out, he hit on the notion that if one day a year were devoted to it, everybody could get it out of the way and the rest of the year would be safe and free. In this manner he instituted National Suicide Day.”

Ifs Way Years Would Be Dying One Day Safe Suicide Notion Frightened Devoted Sorting Unexpectedness

Book:Sula

Source: Sula

“It hit her like a sledgehammer, and it was then that she knew what to feel. A liquid trail of hate flooded her chest. Knowing that she would hate him long and well filled her with pleasant anticipation, like when you know you are going to fall in love with someone and you wait for the happy signs. Hating BoyBoy, she could get on with it, and have the safety, the thrill, the consistency of that hatred as long as she wanted or needed it to define and strengthen her or protect her from routine vulnerabilities.”

Knows Feels Wells Long Wanted Hate Fall Waiting Knowing Needed Protect Hatred Safety Filled Falling In Love Vulnerability Pleasant Chests Routine Anticipation Consistency Thrill Trails Liquid Hate Him

Book:Sula

Source: Sula

“I think we should sometimes read stories where everything's different from our world, don't you agree? There's nothing's like it for teaching us to wonder why trees are green and not red, and why we have five fingers rather than six.' --spoken by The Bluejay, aka Mo the Bookbinder, from 'Inkdeath”

Thinking World Should Different Sometimes Stories Wonder Five Tree Teaching Six Red Agree Green Fingers Our World Aka Inkdeath Five Fingers

Author:Cornelia Funke

“He said, 'Always. Always.”

Said

Book:Sula

Source: Sula

“Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs.”

Years Ends Care Lasts Order Enjoy Teacher Creatures More Time Professors Last Year Limbs Retired Magical Creatures

Author:J. K. Rowling

“They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm would stay aboveground forever. At first, as they stood there, their hands were clenched together. They relaxed slowly until during the walk back home their fingers were laced in as gentle a clasp as that of any two young girlfriends trotting up the road on a summer day wondering what happened to butterflies in the winter.”

Firsts Two Home Hands Earth Together Young Lying Walks Wonder Forever Happened Summer Laughter Presses Fingers Winter Gentle Girlfriend Butterfly Palms Relaxed Back Home Coffins Summer Days Trotting

Book:Sula

Source: Sula

“It would be ten years before they saw each other again, and their meeting would be thick with birds.”

Years Would Be Saws Ten Bird Meetings Thick

Book:Sula

Source: Sula

“You been gone too long, Sula. Not too long, but maybe too far.”

Long Gone

Book:Sula

Source: Sula

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