I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.
Michel HouellebecqWhy am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.
Michel HouellebecqTenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.
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 HouellebecqA source of permanent, accessible pleasure, our genitals exist. The god who created our misfortune, who made us short-lived, vain and cruel, has also provided this form of meagre compensation. If we couldn't have sex from time to time, what would life be? A futile struggle against joints that stiffen, caries that form. All of which, moreover, is as uninteresting as humanly possible - the collagen which makes muscles stiffen, the appearance of microbic cavities in the gums.
Michel Houellebecq