196 Quotes by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Those people were pushing life and night and day in front of them. Life hides everything from people. Their own noise prevents them from hearing anything else. They couldn't care less. The bigger and taller the city, the less they care. Take it from me. I've tried. It's a waste of time.

They were conscientious, you couldn't deny it, and they were also flabby, heartless sons-of-bitches. In other words, they were well chosen, as mindlessly enthusiastic as any employer could dream of. Sons that would have delighted my mother, worshiping their bosses, if only she could have had one all to herself, a son she could have been proud of in the eyes of the world, a real legitimate son.

I knew a real archangel on the downgrade, though still rather frisky, even resplendent in a way.

C'est des hommes et d'eux seulement qu'il faut avoir peur, toujours.

She was having an attack of knuckleheaded anxiety. Those attacks last a long time.

Frankly, just between you and me, I'm ending up even worse than I started...

Telling it all after the fact...easier said than done!...much easier!

You need a heart and a certain amount of knowledge to go further than other people.

Maybe we like to think different, but the world leaves us long before we leave it...for good.