Van Gogh writing his brother for paints
Hemingway testing his shotgun
Celine going broke as a doctor of medicine
the impossibility of being human

“I am this fiery snail crawling home.”

“Many a good man has been put under the bridge by a woman.”

“Everybody had to conform, find a mold to fit into. Doctor, lawyer, soldier -- i…”

“Dying in a a war never stopped wars from happening.”