The triumph of vegetation is total.

In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he’d met on the internet.

I 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.

As a teenager, Michel believed that suffering conferred dignity on a person. Now he had to admit that he had been wrong. What conferred dignity on people was television.

Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.

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.

The most stupid religion is Islam.