Celine
The Pamphleteer
Journey to the end of the night. Louis-Ferdinand broke the French language to say the unspeakable. War. Misery. Humanity.
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Era
Life and journey
Louis-Ferdinand broke the French language to say the unspeakable.
Their thought
The lyricism of misery. suffering as truth, rhythm as beauty.
What they leave us
changed the novel forever. ultimate cursed writer.
Major works
Journey to the end of the night (1932).
Death on the installment plan (1936).
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8 quotes
“Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie, le bien comme le mal, se paie tôt ou tard.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Nothing is free in this low world. Everything is expiated, the good as well as the evil, is paid sooner or later.”
— Voyage au bout de la nuit
“Voyager, c'est bien utile, ça fait travailler l'imagination.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Traveling is very useful, it makes the imagination work.”
— Voyage au bout de la nuit
“L'amour, c'est l'infini mis à la portée des caniches.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Love is the infinite placed within the reach of poodles.”
— Voyage au bout de la nuit
“La vérité de ce monde, c'est la mort.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The truth of this world is death.”
— Voyage au bout de la nuit
“Le coeur, c'est juste un muscle qui pompe.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The heart is just a muscle that pumps.”
— Voyage au bout de la nuit
“On n'explique pas la vie. On la subit.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“We do not explain life. We endure it.”
— Inconnu
“Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Nothing is free in this lowly world. Everything is atoned for.”
— Inconnu
“Tout est faux là-dedans.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Everything is false in there.”
— Inconnu
