"To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst……" — Michel Houellebecq
"To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based."
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65 Quotes by Michel Houellebecq
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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…
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To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of…
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The most stupid religion is Islam.
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Now abideth beauty, truth, and intensity; but the greatest of these is intensity.
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Without beauty a girl is unhappy because she has missed her chance to be loved. People do not jeer at…
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Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to…
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Adolescence is not only an important period in life, but that it is the only period where one may speak…
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A source of permanent, accessible pleasure, our genitals exist. The god who created our misfortune, who made us short-lived, vain…
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I am for the muscles. I would like to have a lot of muscles, because women like it. I'm for…
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There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind.
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In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate.
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Of course, we can distinguish between males and females; we can also, if we choose, distinguish between different age categories;…
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