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Michel Houellebecq quotes: I am for the muscles. I would like to have a lot of muscles, because women like it. I'm for bodybuilding, but it's very exhausting. I am for the muscles. I would like to have a lot of muscles, because women like it. I'm for bodybuilding, but it's very exhausting.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit. All that exists is a magnificent interweaving, vast and reciprocal. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit. All that exists is a magnificent interweaving, vast and reciprocal.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life. It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I wondered what could interest me, now that I was finished with love. I wondered what could interest me, now that I was finished with love.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind. There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Should I just die? The decision struck me as premature. Should I just die? The decision struck me as premature.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: If you control the children, you control the future. If you control the children, you control the future.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: No doubt the Romans had felt that theirs was an eternal civilization, right up to the moment their empire fell apart. Were they suicides, too? No doubt the Romans had felt that theirs was an eternal civilization, right up to the moment their empire fell apart. Were they suicides, too?
Michel Houellebecq quotes: He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief. He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The academic study of literature leads basically nowhere, as we all know, The academic study of literature leads basically nowhere, as we all know,
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The transition to a salaried workforce had doomed the nuclear family and led to the complete atomization of society, The transition to a salaried workforce had doomed the nuclear family and led to the complete atomization of society,
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Living together aklone is hell between consenting adults. Living together aklone is hell between consenting adults.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: On beach holidays, as perhaps in life more generally, the only truly enjoyable time of the day is breakfast. On beach holidays, as perhaps in life more generally, the only truly enjoyable time of the day is breakfast.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I was about as political as a bath towel. I was about as political as a bath towel.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Men live alongside one another like cattle; it is a miracle if once in a while they manage to share a bottle of booze. Men live alongside one another like cattle; it is a miracle if once in a while they manage to share a bottle of booze.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Life begins at fifty, that's true, inasmuch as it ends at forty. Life begins at fifty, that's true, inasmuch as it ends at forty.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The feeling of closeness when we talked on the phone was too violent, and the void that came afterward too cruel. The feeling of closeness when we talked on the phone was too violent, and the void that came afterward too cruel.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he'd met on the internet. In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he'd met on the internet.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: It was amazing, even, to think that the only thing left to people in their despair was reading. It was amazing, even, to think that the only thing left to people in their despair was reading.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it. The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character of people is set, fixed until death. I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character of people is set, fixed until death.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: His masterpiece was a dead end - but isn't that true of any masterpiece? His masterpiece was a dead end - but isn't that true of any masterpiece?
Michel Houellebecq quotes: But it remains the case that, on the level of consumption, the preeminence of the twentieth century was indisputable: nothing. But it remains the case that, on the level of consumption, the preeminence of the twentieth century was indisputable: nothing.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: the tables were taken by law students talking about rave parties or 'junior associates', in other words, those things which interest law students the tables were taken by law students talking about rave parties or 'junior associates', in other words, those things which interest law students
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Now abideth beauty, truth, and intensity; but the greatest of these is intensity. Now abideth beauty, truth, and intensity; but the greatest of these is intensity.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: My novels are all ideas. My novels are all ideas.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate. In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I don't like this world. I definitely do not like it. The society in which I live disgustsme; advertising sickens me; computers make me puke. I don't like this world. I definitely do not like it. The society in which I live disgusts
me; advertising sickens me; computers make me puke.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Using a big word like 'plagiarism' ... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism. Using a big word like 'plagiarism' ... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: It's hard to understand other people, to know what's hidden in their hearts, and without the assistance of alcohol it might never be done at all. It's hard to understand other people, to know what's hidden in their hearts, and without the assistance of alcohol it might never be done at all.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: People cannot live without God; life becomes unbearable. People cannot live without God; life becomes unbearable.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information. Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky. I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: There is no Israel for me. There is no Israel for me.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: In the end, my cock was all I had. In the end, my cock was all I had.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: If they can read in the eyes of a man an energy, a passion, then they find him attractive. If they can read in the eyes of a man an energy, a passion, then they find him attractive.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: It wasn't easy to cram your whole life into thirty kilos of luggage. It wasn't easy to cram your whole life into thirty kilos of luggage.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: When men have no vices, she thought, it's very difficult to guess what might make them happy. When men have no vices, she thought, it's very difficult to guess what might make them happy.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it. I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Literature has always carried positive connotations in the world of luxury goods. Literature has always carried positive connotations in the world of luxury goods.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Unhappiness isn't at its most acute point until a realistic chance of happiness, sufficiently close, has been envisioned. Unhappiness isn't at its most acute point until a realistic chance of happiness, sufficiently close, has been envisioned.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The map is more interesting than the territory. The map is more interesting than the territory.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The press may hate me, and I know my battles with them are not over, but that doesn't matter. The press may hate me, and I know my battles with them are not over, but that doesn't matter.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: an intellectual didn't have to be responsible. That wasn't his job. In an intellectual didn't have to be responsible. That wasn't his job. In
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Beds last on an average much longer than marriages ... Beds last on an average much longer than marriages ...
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be. I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent. When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Polemical debates happen all the time in France. Polemical debates happen all the time in France.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Intimacy isn't something men talk about. Intimacy isn't something men talk about.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: When a country is strong ... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers. When a country is strong ... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: All in all, I was harking back to the Ancient Greeks. When you get old, you always hark back to the Ancient Greeks. All in all, I was harking back to the Ancient Greeks. When you get old, you always hark back to the Ancient Greeks.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: These immigrants held out the hope of a new golden age for the old continent. These immigrants held out the hope of a new golden age for the old continent.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: the word humanism made me want to vomit, the word humanism made me want to vomit,
Michel Houellebecq quotes: What's amazing about Bayrou, what makes him irreplaceable," Tanneur enthused, "is that he's an utter moron. What's amazing about Bayrou, what makes him irreplaceable," Tanneur enthused, "is that he's an utter moron.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Were they ready to give up everything for their country? I felt ready to give up everything, not really for my country, but in general. Were they ready to give up everything for their country? I felt ready to give up everything, not really for my country, but in general.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The Sushi Warehouse in Roissy 2E offered an exceptional range of Norwegian mineral waters. The Sushi Warehouse in Roissy 2E offered an exceptional range of Norwegian mineral waters.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: In that time he had managed to write books that made me consider him a friend more than a hundred years later. In that time he had managed to write books that made me consider him a friend more than a hundred years later.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The truth is that men were simply giving up the ghost. The truth is that men were simply giving up the ghost.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Youth, beauty, strenght: the criteria for physical lova are exactly the same as those of Nazism. Youth, beauty, strenght: the criteria for physical lova are exactly the same as those of Nazism.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: A woman is human, obviously, but she represents a slightly different kind of humanity. A woman is human, obviously, but she represents a slightly different kind of humanity.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one. If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: For the French, an intellectual didn't have to be responsible. That wasn't his job. For the French, an intellectual didn't have to be responsible. That wasn't his job.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: When you got right down to it, my dick was the one organ that hadn't presented itself to my consciousness through pain, When you got right down to it, my dick was the one organ that hadn't presented itself to my consciousness through pain,
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The only conclusion he could draw was that without points of reference, a man melts away. The only conclusion he could draw was that without points of reference, a man melts away.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human. The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I didn't even want to fuck her, or maybe I kind of wanted to fuck her but I also kind of wanted to die, I couldn't really tell. I didn't even want to fuck her, or maybe I kind of wanted to fuck her but I also kind of wanted to die, I couldn't really tell.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little. In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: It's perfectly possible to live without expecting anything of life; in fact, it's the most common way. It's perfectly possible to live without expecting anything of life; in fact, it's the most common way.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks. Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: In the presence of a reader of Teilhard De Chardin I feel disarmed, nonplussed, ready to break down in tears. In the presence of a reader of Teilhard De Chardin I feel disarmed, nonplussed, ready to break down in tears.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Happy are those who are satisfied by life, who amuse themselves, who are content. Happy are those who are satisfied by life, who amuse themselves, who are content.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Much, maybe too much, has been written about literature. Much, maybe too much, has been written about literature.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: That old queer Nietzsche had it right: Christianity was, at the end of the day, a feminine religion. That old queer Nietzsche had it right: Christianity was, at the end of the day, a feminine religion.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit. Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The mere will to live was clearly no match for the pains and aggravations that punctuate the life of the average Western man. The mere will to live was clearly no match for the pains and aggravations that punctuate the life of the average Western man.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Even in our deepest, most lasting friendships, we never speak as openly as when we face a blank page and address a reader we do not know. Even in our deepest, most lasting friendships, we never speak as openly as when we face a blank page and address a reader we do not know.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Yet the special thing about literature, the major art form of a Western civilization now ending before our very eyes, is not hard to define. Yet the special thing about literature, the major art form of a Western civilization now ending before our very eyes, is not hard to define.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: As I got older, I also found myself agreeing more with Nietzsche, as is no doubt inevitable once your plumbing starts to fail. As I got older, I also found myself agreeing more with Nietzsche, as is no doubt inevitable once your plumbing starts to fail.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The Enlightened One, if he had meditated on it, would not necessarily have rejected a technical solution. The Enlightened One, if he had meditated on it, would not necessarily have rejected a technical solution.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I was as political as a bath towel I was as political as a bath towel
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere. Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: What would it be like when I was fifty, sixty, older? I'd be no more than a jumble of organs in slow decomposition. What would it be like when I was fifty, sixty, older? I'd be no more than a jumble of organs in slow decomposition.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Rumor had it that he was homosexual; in reality, in recent years, he was simply a garden-variety alcoholic. Rumor had it that he was homosexual; in reality, in recent years, he was simply a garden-variety alcoholic.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: It is in our relations with other people that we gain a sense of ourselves; it's that, pretty much, that makes relations with other people unbearable. It is in our relations with other people that we gain a sense of ourselves; it's that, pretty much, that makes relations with other people unbearable.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: While I was waiting to die, I still had the Journal of Nineteenth-Century Studies. While I was waiting to die, I still had the Journal of Nineteenth-Century Studies.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The greater the proportion of pure morality in a particular system, the happier and more enduring the society. The greater the proportion of pure morality in a particular system, the happier and more enduring the society.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: We turn our eyes to the heavens, and the heavens are empty. We turn our eyes to the heavens, and the heavens are empty.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: To love a book is, above all, to love its author: we want to meet him again, we want to spend our days with him. To love a book is, above all, to love its author: we want to meet him again, we want to spend our days with him.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die. The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Islam is a dangerous religion. Islam is a dangerous religion.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope. Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The beach at Meschers was crawling with wankers in shorts and bimbos in thongs. It was reassuring. The beach at Meschers was crawling with wankers in shorts and bimbos in thongs. It was reassuring.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The triumph of vegetation is total. The triumph of vegetation is total.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain. The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America. The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich. I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: Father died last year. I don't subscribe to the theory by which we only become truly adult when our parents die; we never become truly adult. Father died last year. I don't subscribe to the theory by which we only become truly adult when our parents die; we never become truly adult.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Michel Houellebecq quotes: The most stupid religion is Islam. The most stupid religion is Islam.

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