“I've lived so little that I tend to imagine I'm not going to die; it seems improbable that human existence can be reduced to so little; one imagines, in spite of oneself, that sooner or later something is bound to happen. A big mistake. A life can just as well be both empty and short. The days slip by indifferently, leaving neither trace nor memory; and then all of a sudden they stop.” HumansWellsLittlesBigsSeemsHappensDiesMemoriesExistenceMistakeImagineEmptyBoundsLeavingOneselfSpiteSlipsSooner Or LaterHuman ExistenceImprobableBig Mistake Book:Whatever: A Novel Source: Whatever: A Novel
“Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.” HappensAnything Can Happen Book:Platform: A Novel Source: Platform: A Novel
“I hadn’t seen any novel make the statement that entering the workforce was like entering the grave. That from then on, nothing happens and you have to pretend to be interested in your work. And, furthermore, that some people have a sex life and others don’t just because some are more attractive than others. I wanted to acknowledge that if people don’t have a sex life, it’s not for some moral reason, it’s just because they’re ugly. Once you’ve said it, it sounds obvious, but I wanted to say it.” PeopleIfsSaidReasonHappensWantedSexSoundMoralNovelObviousUglyGravesThings HappenStatementsAcknowledgeAttractiveEnteringWorkforce Author:Michel Houellebecq
