I've lived so little that I tend to imagine I'm not going to die; it seems improbable that human existence can be reduced to so little; one imagines, in spite of oneself, that sooner or later something is bound to happen. A big mistake. A life can just as well be both empty and short. The days slip by indifferently, leaving neither trace nor memory; and then all of a sudden they stop.
Irony won't save you from anything; humour doesn't do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who… - Michel Houellebecq
Irony won't save you from anything; humour doesn't do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who…
- Michel Houellebecq
The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human. - Michel Houellebecq
The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.
Just like unrestrained economic liberalism, and for similar reasons, sexual liberalism produces phenomena of absolute pauperization. Some men make lo… - Michel Houellebecq
Just like unrestrained economic liberalism, and for similar reasons, sexual liberalism produces phenomena of absolute pauperization. Some men make lo…
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
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.
To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of hope to deliver. For the West, I do not feel hatred. At most… - Michel Houellebecq
To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of hope to deliver. For the West, I do not feel hatred. At most…
Anything can happen in life, especially nothing. - Michel Houellebecq
Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.
Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or les… - Michel Houellebecq
Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or les…
If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one. - Michel Houellebecq
If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.
Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information. - Michel Houellebecq
Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.
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