47 quotes found
“You can lose your way groping among the shadows of the past.”
“It is of men, and of them only, that one should always be frightened.”
“Life must go on, even if it's no joke...just pretend to believe in the future.”
“People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them.”
“Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere.”
“A woman who spends her time worrying about pregnancy is a virtual cripple, she'll never go very far.”
“I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win.”
“Not much music left inside us for life to dance to. Our youth has gone to the ends of the earth to die in the silence of the truth. And where, I ask you, can a man escape to, when he hasn't enough ...”
“And where, I ask you, can a man escape to, when he hasnt enough madness left inside him? The truth is an endless death agony. The truth is death. You have to choose: death or lies. Ive never been a...”
“There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest or sadism.”
“The mind is satisfied with phrased, but not the body, the body is more fastidious, it wants muscles. A body always tells the truth, that's why it's usually depressing and disgusting to look at.”
“"Fine! Fine! I'm listening...but it's not very interesting!..."Oh, that's what you think! that's what you think! but nothing is very interesting, dear Professor Y! jot this down! take some notes!""...”
“The rich don't have to kill to eat. They employ people, as they call it. The rich don't do evil themselves. They pay. People do all they can to please them, and everybody's happy.”
“Chin up, Ferdinand," I kept saying to myself, to keep up my courage. "What with being chucked out of everywhere, you're sure to find whatever it is that scares all those bastards so. It must be at ...”
“Anybody who talks about the future is a bastard, it's the present that counts. Invoking posterity is like making speeches to worms.”
“One little second of pleasure, a whole life of pain...my mother knew nothing of the pleasures of a good roll in the hay...she missed out on all that...like me, her son...a lifetime of sacrifice!......”
“...apparently "London" gave out my address! that's what they're saying...not just London, though! Brazzaville, too!...and said that I'm a dirty pornographer...a letch besides being the most despica...”
“We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't...”
“Now was the time to make quick tracks. Back to Fort-Gono, retrace my steps? Try to explain my conduct and the circumstances of the present disaster? I hesitated . . . Not for long. Nothing can be e...”
“You know about innards? The trick they play on tramps in the country? They stuff an old wallet with putrid chicken innards. Well, take it from me, a man is just like that, except that he's fatter a...”
“I've got quite a memory. Engraved in my mind, things are. I can't forget anything...It's not a sign of intelligence...Nothing to boast about, memory...that's just how it is...”
