Life Quote by Michel Houellebecq

““...it's perfectly possible to live without expecting anything of life; in fact, it's the most common way.””

Michel Houellebecq

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I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.

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I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.

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“In my life, I had known suffering, oppression, anxiety; I had never known boredom. I could see no objection to the endless, imbecile repetition…

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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…

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“... I spent whole afternoons at Bon Marché looking at pullovers, there was no sense in going on like that.”

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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…

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Rumor had it that he was homosexual; in reality, in recent years, he was simply a garden-variety alcoholic.

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“He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief.”

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“Olga was nice, Olga was nice and loving, Olga loved him, he repeated to himself with a growing sadness as he also realised that…

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“Regarde, c’est la mort, mon amour.”

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“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…

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“Life sometimes offers you a chance, he thought, but when you are too cowardly or too indecisive to seize it life takes the cards…

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Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.

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Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God.

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I value the experiences that come with life too much to sit by and not put my full effort into them.

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Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life.

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“There's more to life than you can see. Your sight is limited.”

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“I've spent much of my life calling my intuition "something wrong with me.”

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When you do things they're absolutely right at that time for you and it can always teach you something about yourself. You can take…

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The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson.

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“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care…

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