Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence. Louis-Ferdinand Celine More Quotes by Louis-Ferdinand Celine More Quotes From Louis-Ferdinand Celine 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. Louis-Ferdinand Celine vanity intelligent men In my room I'd barely closed my eyes when the blonde from the movie house came along and sang her whole song of sorrow just for me. I helped her put me to sleep, so to speak, and succeeded pretty well... I wasn't entirely alone... It's not possible to sleep alone. Louis-Ferdinand Celine eye sleep song Lots of men are like that, their artistic leanings never go beyond a weakness for shapely thighs. Louis-Ferdinand Celine artistic weakness men There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest or sadism. Louis-Ferdinand Celine self humble people It is of men, and of them only, that one should always be frightened. Louis-Ferdinand Celine should fear men 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. Louis-Ferdinand Celine passion men war The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had a good feed and tanked up on good wine gives his old lady a kiss after supper and his day is over. Finished. Louis-Ferdinand Celine kissing wine writing 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. Louis-Ferdinand Celine spy boredom life-is 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! Louis-Ferdinand Celine die hell music people
