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Life Quotes by Michel Houellebecq
- Just like unrestrained economic liberalism, and for similar reasons, sexual liberalism produces phenomena of absolute pauperization. Some men make love every day; others five or six…
- Adolescence is not only an important period in life, but that it is the only period where one may speak of life in the full…
- 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 provided…
- Of course, we can distinguish between males and females; we can also, if we choose, distinguish between different age categories; but any more advanced distinction…
- I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.
- A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in…
- 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 have…
- If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.
- Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality and…
- An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world…
- 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…
- 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…
- it’s true this world our breathing laboured inspires nothing more than obvious disgust a desire to flee without our share and no longer read the…
- It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life.
- Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.
- 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…
- Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.
- I think that there is a sharp contrast for most people between life at university, where they meet lots of people, and the moment when…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle