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The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

~Michel Houellebecq

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Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.

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Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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Islam is a dangerous religion.

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I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character of people is set, fixed until death.

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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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When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.

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I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

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You can't be a crazy rebel in the face of death, it's not a fitting attitude.

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Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Author

Born: February 26th, 1956

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