| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 15615 |
| QUOTATION: | The novel can’t compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who’s had a good feed and tanked up on good wine gives his old lady a kiss after supper and his day is over. Finished. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961), French author. interview, June 1, 1960, repr. In Critical Essays on Louis-Ferdinand Céline, ed. William F. Buckley (1989). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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