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> [“Back in Paris they had happy moments together, like stills from a perfume ad (dashing hand in hand down the steps of Montmartre; or suddenly revealed in motionless embrace on the Pont des Arts by the lights of a bateau-mouche…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/back-in-paris-they-had-happy-moments-together-like-stills-from-a/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

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## More by Michel Houellebecq

> [I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/i-think-it-s-more-difficult-to-live-without-a-religion-definitely/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/i-think-that-if-writers-don-t-speak-about-real-life-it-s-because-they/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [“In my life, I had known suffering, oppression, anxiety; I had never known boredom. I could see no objection to the endless, imbecile repetition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/in-my-life-i-had-known-suffering-oppression-anxiety-i-had-never-known/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's it. I attack, I insult. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/i-admit-that-invective-is-one-of-my-pleasures-this-only-brings-me/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [“... I spent whole afternoons at Bon Marché looking at pullovers, there was no sense in going on like that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/i-spent-whole-afternoons-at-bon-march-looking-at-pullovers-there-was/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/i-ve-lived-so-little-that-i-tend-to-imagine-i-m-not-going-to-die-it/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [Rumor had it that he was homosexual; in reality, in recent years, he was simply a garden-variety alcoholic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/rumor-had-it-that-he-was-homosexual-in-reality-in-recent-years-he-was/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [“He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/he-doesn-t-know-it-yet-but-the-infinity-of-childhood-is-brief/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [“Olga was nice, Olga was nice and loving, Olga loved him, he repeated to himself with a growing sadness as he also realised that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/olga-was-nice-olga-was-nice-and-loving-olga-loved-him-he-repeated-to/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [“Regarde, c’est la mort, mon amour.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/regarde-c-est-la-mort-mon-amour/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [“The problem is, it's just not enough to live according to the rules. Sure, you manage to live according to the rules. Sometimes it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/the-problem-is-it-s-just-not-enough-to-live-according-to-the-rules/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [“Life sometimes offers you a chance, he thought, but when you are too cowardly or too indecisive to seize it life takes the cards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/life-sometimes-offers-you-a-chance-he-thought-but-when-you-are-too/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [“An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/an-entire-life-spent-reading-would-have-fulfilled-my-every-desire-i/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [Of course, we can distinguish between males and females; we can also, if we choose, distinguish between different age categories; but any more advanced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/of-course-we-can-distinguish-between-males-and-females-we-can-also-if/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

> [A source of permanent, accessible pleasure, our genitals exist. The god who created our misfortune, who made us short-lived, vain and cruel, has also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-houellebecq/a-source-of-permanent-accessible-pleasure-our-genitals-exist-the-god/)

[Michel Houellebecq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-houellebecq/)

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