196 Quotes by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

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.

Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.

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!

Most people die at the last minute; others twenty years beforehand, some even earlier. They are the wretched of the earth.

When you're not used to comfort and good things to eat, you're intoxicated by them in no time. Truth's only too pleased to leave you. Very little is ever needed for Truth to let go of you. And after all, you're not really very keen to keep hold of it.

Love, Arthur, is a poodle's chance of attaining the infinite, and personally I have my pride.

All great innovations are built on rejections.

Lots of men are like that, their artistic leanings never go beyond a weakness for shapely thighs.

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.