"I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it."

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Michel Houellebecq

#Real Quotes #Real Life Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.”
“Osbert was the only one who didn't seem suspicious. He was so interested in the Decline of Western Civilization that he missed the version of it taking place under his nose.”

Source : Meg Rosoff (2005). “How I Live Now”, p.43, Penguin UK
“Rather an end in horror, than horror without end. He could not condemn principles he might need to invoke and apply later. The wolf cannot help having been created by God as he is, but we shoot him all the same if we have to. The great player in diplomacy, as in chess, asks the question,Does this improve me?, not look at the possible fringe benefits If you can't have what you like, you must like what you have.”
“Nearly two and a half million people die every year that are on the voter rolls. So it takes time to get dead people off the voter rolls.”
“We like to juxtapose our music with a more dour aesthetic.”
“There are great, obviously really, really wonderful and important journalists out there. And it is a very important thing to be and do, if not the most important 'cause how you interpret a story can then make the difference. So it is a very powerful thing to be. And when misused, it's very sad.”
“Every run is a great run!”
“The stars are yours, if you have the head, the hands, and the heart for them.”

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