Quotes by Celine, Louis-Ferdinand

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it. >>

With two thousand years of Christianity behind him... a man can't see >>

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. >>

Quotations about Solitude

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones. >>

The good and the wise lead quiet lives. >>

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more >>

The whole business of your life overwhelms you when you live alone. One's stupefied by it. To get rid of it you try to daub some of it off on to people who come to see you, and they hate that. To be alone trains one for death.

Celine, Louis-Ferdinand