Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's "yes," all's well. That is enough.
Louis-Ferdinand CelineThere'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.
Louis-Ferdinand CelineThey came from the four corners of the earth, driven by hunger, plague, tumors, and the cold, and stopped here. They couldnโt go any futrther because of the ocean. Thatโs France, thatโs the French people.
Louis-Ferdinand CelineI hadn't found out yet that mankind consists of two very different races, the rich and the poor. It took me ... and plenty of other people . . . twenty years and the war to learn to stick to my class and ask the price of things before touching them, let alone setting my heart on them.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine