Saturday, June 25, 2005
French verse from writer Michel Houellebecq:
Michel Houllebecq stumbled into LA last week. Many critics are hailing the controversial French writer as the greatest literary figure to come out of France since Camus.
Some memorable Houellebecq quotes include:
"Anything can happen in life, especially nothing."
and if that wasn't French enough for you...
"It is in our relations with other people that we gain a sense of ourselves; it's that, pretty much, that makes relations with other people unbearable."
not to be out Frenched by:
"Life is painful and disappointing…we generally know where we stand in relation to reality and don't care to know anymore. Humanity, such as it is, inspires only an attenuated curiosity in us."
Some memorable Houellebecq quotes include:
"Anything can happen in life, especially nothing."
and if that wasn't French enough for you...
"It is in our relations with other people that we gain a sense of ourselves; it's that, pretty much, that makes relations with other people unbearable."
not to be out Frenched by:
"Life is painful and disappointing…we generally know where we stand in relation to reality and don't care to know anymore. Humanity, such as it is, inspires only an attenuated curiosity in us."
# posted by DH @ 8:13 AM 
