Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Louis-Ferdinand Céline) was the pen name of Dr. Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, a French novelist, pamphleteer and physician. The name Céline was the first name of his grandmother. He developed a new style of writing that modernized French literature...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth27 May 1894
CountryFrance
kings hero talking
We never change. Neither our socks nor our masters nor our opinions, or we're so slow about it that it's no use. We were born loyal and that's what killed us! Soldiers free of charge, heroes for everyone else, talking monkeys, tortured words, we are the minions of King Misery...It's not a life.
forgiveness forgiving doe
One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.
wine writing kissing
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.
light bears lamps
Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.
genius scared being-scared
The beginning of genius is being scared shitless.
war heroism appeals
The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who don't go to a war, and even more to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy. It's always so.
dishes
History doesn't pass the dishes again.
hate men stupidity
When men can hate without risk, their stupidity is easily convinced, the motives supply themselves.
real past together
In circumstances of real tragedy you see things straight away...past, present, and future together.
sadness people world
The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time.
insomnia lines trouble
My trouble is insomnia. If I had always slept properly, I'd never have written a line.
intelligent thinking giving
We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.
might toads duty
If it is your duty to croak like the toad, then go ahead! And with all your might! Make them hear you!
intelligent men vanity
There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and foremost vain.