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“
Love is harder to give up than life. In this world we spend our time killing or adoring, or both together.
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Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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Journey to the End of the Night
(1932)
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Author
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Source
Journey to the End of the Night
Topic
love
life
Date
1932
Language
English
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Translated by Ralph Manheim
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"Love is harder to give up than life. In this world we spend our time killing or adoring, or both together." Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night (1932).
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