In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate.
Michel HouellebecqThose who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world.
Michel HouellebecqI don't like this world. I definitely do not like it. The society in which I live disgusts me; advertising sickens me; computers make me puke.
Michel HouellebecqI think she is going to find you too old... Yes that was it, the moment she said it I knew it was true, and the revelation caused me no surprise, it was like the echo of a dull, not unexpected shock. The age difference was the last taboo, the final limit, all the stronger for the fact that it remained the last and had replaced all the others. In the modern world you could be a swinger, bi, trans, zoo into S&M, but it was forbidden to be old.
Michel HouellebecqWhen you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.
Michel HouellebecqDepressive 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.
Michel Houellebecq