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If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.

Michel Houellebecq

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Michel Houellebecq
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 26
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Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.
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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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I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.
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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 sense of the word.
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In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate.
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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 have a gift for that, for insults, for provocation. So I am tempted to use it.
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Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.
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The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.
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Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of minor interest. Thus it is possible to imagine a depressed lover, while the idea of a depressed patriot seems frankly inconceivable.
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When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.
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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 the life of a society, as well as an individual's.
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People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.
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