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concupiscence

based on the belief that concupiscence is a venal thing, scarcely important, unfit to turn man away from the path to salvation

—p.55 by Michel Houellebecq
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then sexuality itself disappeared

What was worse, however, was that this ideal of plastic beauty, to which she could never again have access, was going to destroy Isabelle before my very eyes. First of all, there were her breasts, which she could no longer stand (and it’s true they were beginning to droop a bit); then her buttocks,…

—p.50 by Michel Houellebecq
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sobriquet

afflicted with the pleasing sobriquet of “Crabs from the Cunt of Mary.”

—p.41 by Michel Houellebecq
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it can expect no pity from its fellow creatures

It was then that I decided to marry Isabelle; we had known each other for three years, which placed us precisely in the average of premarital association. The ceremony was discreet, and a little sad; she had just turned forty. It seems obvious to me today that the two events were linked; that I wan…

—p.38 by Michel Houellebecq
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Munch on My Gaza Strip

That show also marked the beginning of my brief—but lucrative—movie career. I had inserted a short film into the performance; my initial project, entitled Let’s Drop Miniskirts on Palestine!, already had that tone of light Islamophobic burlesque which was later going to contribute so much to my ren…

—p.34 by Michel Houellebecq