Life Quotes Quote by Michel Houellebecq, Platform — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Although the two are identical twins, man, as a rule, views the prenatal abyss with more calm than the one he is heading for.”

“This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.”

“Life is life. You choose to live it or you do not.”

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”

“Everybody has a ‘gripping stranger’ in their lives, Andy, a stranger who unwittingly possesses a bizarre hold over you. Maybe it’s the kid in cut-offs who mows your lawn or the woman wearing White Shoulders who stamps your book at the library—a stranger who, if you were to come home and find a message from them on your answering machine saying ‘Drop everything. I love you. Come away with me now to Florida,’ you’d follow them.”