"I think that if writers don't speak about……" — Michel Houellebecq

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

— Michel Houellebecq

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65 Quotes by Michel Houellebecq

Michel Houellebecq has 65 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Just like unrestrained economic liberalism, and for similar reasons, sexual liberalism produces phenomena of absolute pauperization. Some men make love every…
To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of…
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…
Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to…
Adolescence is not only an important period in life, but that it is the only period where one may speak…
A source of permanent, accessible pleasure, our genitals exist. The god who created our misfortune, who made us short-lived, vain…
I am for the muscles. I would like to have a lot of muscles, because women like it. I'm for…
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;…

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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… — Hannah Arendt
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — Hannah Arendt
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can… — 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… — 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… — Aristotle

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