Journey To The End Of The Night Quotes

“Study changes a man, puts pride into him. You need it to get to the bottom of life. Without it you just skim the surface. You think you're in the know, but trifles throw you off. You dream too much. You content yourself with words instead of going deeper. That's not what you wanted. Intentions, appearances, no more. A man of character can't content himself with that. Medicine, even if I wasn't very gifted, had brought me a good deal closer to people, to animals, everything. Now all I had to do was plunge straight into the heart of things. Death is chasing you, you've got to hurry, and while you're looking you've got to eat, and keep away from wars. That's a lot of things to do. It's no picnic.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“If that's the case, hurrah for the crazy people! Look, Lola, do you remember a single name, for instance, of any of the soldiers killed in the Hundred Years War? Did you ever try to find out who any of them were? No! You see? You never tried. As far as you are concerned, they are as anonymous, as indifferent, as the last atom of that paperweight, as your morning bowel movement. Get into your head, Lola, that they died fot nothing! For absolutely nothing, the idiots! I say it and I'll say it again! I've proved it! The one thing that counts is life! In ten thousand years, I'll bet you, this war, remarkable as it may seem to us at present, will be utterly forgotten... Maybe here and there in the world a handful of scholars will argue about its causes or the dates of the principal hecatombs that made it famous. Up until now those are the only things about men that other men have thought worth remembering after a few centuries, a few years, or even a few hours... I don't believe in future, Lola...”
― 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.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline

“We went there to grope for our happiness, which all the world was threatening with the utmost ferocity. We were ashamed of wanting what we wanted, but something had to be done about it all the same. Love is harder to give up than life. In this world we spend our time killing or adoring, or both together." I hate you! I adore you! "We keep going, we fuel and refuel, we pass on our life to a biped of the next century, with frenzy, at any cost, as if it were the greatest of pleasures to perpetuate ourselves, as if, when all's said and done, it would make us immortal. One way or another, kissing is as indispensable as scratching.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline

“I have a spiritual journey on earth.
Lord anoint and empower me to accomplish my great task on earth.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, The Alphabets of Success: Passion Driven Life

“Dreams rise in the darkness and catch fire from the mirage of moving light. What happens on the screen isn't quite real; it leaves open a vague cloudy space for the poor, for dreams and the dead. Hurry hurry, cream yourself full of dreams to carry you through the life that's waiting for you outside, when you leave here, to help you last a few days more in that nightmare of things and people. Among the dreams, choose the ones most likely to warm your soul. I have to confess that I picked the sexy ones. No point in being proud; when it comes to miracles, take the ones that will stay with you.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline

“There are different paths to your destination. Choose your own path.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“A difficult journey is spiritual rewarding.
There is a more dependence on God, His supernatural power, grace and divine favour long the travel.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“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.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

“My journey, my life.
My life can only be navigated by me.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Take a journey into the world of possibilities.You will be amazed with your adventure.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Önlerine geceyi gündüzü ve yaşamı katmış gidiyordu insanlar. kendi gürültülerinden hicbir şey duymuyorlardı. sallamıyorlardı. üstelik kent ne kadar büyük ve ne kadar yüksekse o kadar çok pişkinliğe vuruyorlardı. diyorum size. denedim. değmez.”
― Ferdinand celine