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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!...the woman who can grunt and rave in the throes of a deep fuck can die happy...
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!...the woman who can grunt and rave in the throes of a deep fuck can die happy...
Approximate author period: c. 1931 AD · modern
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- Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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- Approximate author period: c. 1931 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Louis-Ferdinand Céline: documented activity in 1931. Wikidata Q151820, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151820 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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