Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.
Michel HouellebecqPeople 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.
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 HouellebecqFather died last year. I don't subscribe to the theory by which we only become truly adult when our parents die; we never become truly adult.
Michel Houellebecq