“I believed in her body, I didn't believe in her soul. I though of Lola as a charming goldbrick, miles away from the war, miles away from life.”

— Louis-ferdinand Céline, book Journey to the End of the Night

Source: Journey to the End of the Night (1932), Chapter 5

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French writer 1894–1961

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