A poor man in this world can be done to death in two main ways, by the absolute indifference of his fellows in peacetime or by their homicidal mania when there's a war.
 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 indifference death
Date 1932
Language English
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Note Translated by Ralph Manheim
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