The life of people without resources is nothing but one long rebuff and one long frenzy of desire, and a man can truly know, truly deliver himself only from what he possesses.
 Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night (1932). copy citation

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Author Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Source Journey to the End of the Night
Topic rebuff desire
Date 1932
Language English
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Note Translated by Ralph Manheim
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