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An Immense hatred keeps me alive... i would live for a thousand years if i were certain of seeing the whole world croak.

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Age: 67 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 27
Died: 1961
Died: July 1
Military Personnel
Novelist
Obstetrician
Physician Writer
Playwright
Writer
Olean
New York
Dr. Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches
Louis Ferdinand Destouches
Lui-Ferdinand Selin
L.-F. Selin
L.-F. Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
L.-F. Celine
Louis Ferdinand Céline
Live
Croak
Whole
Immense
Years
Keeps
Would
Hatred
World
Thousand
Seeing
Alive
Certain

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