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Above all communism is a poetic vocation. Without poetry, without a burning, purifying altruistic fervor, communism is only a farce, the receptacle o… - Louis-Ferdinand Céline
" "Above all communism is a poetic vocation. Without poetry, without a burning, purifying altruistic fervor, communism is only a farce, the receptacle of all anger, of all plebian resentment, the decadent playhouse of sharks, of all the tragic pimps, of all Jews, performing their Talmudic imposture.
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About Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (May 27, 1894 – July 1, 1961) was a French author.
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Dr. Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches
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Louis Ferdinand Destouches
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Lui-Ferdinand Selin
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L.-F. Selin
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L.-F. Céline
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Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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L.-F. Celine
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Louis Ferdinand Céline
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Louis-Ferdinand Destouches
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in Albert Paraz, Le Gala des Vaches, Éditions de l’Élan, Paris, 1948 ; À l'agité du bocal, et autres textes de L.-F. Céline, l'Herne / Carnets de l'Herne , 2006, 85 p. ; To the Fidgeting Lunatic (Céline on Sartre), translation by Constantin Rigas.
As far as they were concerned, gunfire was nothing but noise. That’s why wars can keep going. Even the people who make them, who fight in them, don’t really get the picture. Even with a bullet in their gut, they’d go on picking up old shoes that “might come in handy.” The way a sheep, lying on its side in a meadow, will keep on grazing with its dying breath. Most people don’t die until the last moment; others start twenty years in advance, sometimes more. Those are the unfortunates.
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