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“
We are so trivial by nature that only amusements can stop us from dying for real.
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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
amusement
Date
1932
Language
English
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Translated by Ralph Manheim
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"We are so trivial by nature that only amusements can stop us from dying for real." Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night (1932).
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