I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's … - Michel Houellebecq

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I cannot accept this invitation [to celebrate the bicentenial of the Constitution], for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever 'fixed' at the Philadelphia Convention. . . To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start. [Progressive]

Michel Houellebecq

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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I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich.

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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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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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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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There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind.

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