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In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.

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Just like unrestrained economic liberalism, and for similar reasons, sexual liberalism produces phenomena of absolute pauperization. Some men make love every day; others…
To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of hope to…
The most stupid religion is Islam.
Now abideth beauty, truth, and intensity; but the greatest of these is intensity.
Without beauty a girl is unhappy because she has missed her chance to be loved. People do not jeer at her, they…
Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which…
Adolescence is not only an important period in life, but that it is the only period where one may speak of life…
A source of permanent, accessible pleasure, our genitals exist. The god who created our misfortune, who made us short-lived, vain and cruel,…
I am for the muscles. I would like to have a lot of muscles, because women like it. I'm for bodybuilding, but…
There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind.
In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate.
Of course, we can distinguish between males and females; we can also, if we choose, distinguish between different age categories; but any…

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