Quotes from book

Atomised

“Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit.”

“It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life.”

“He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief.”

“Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.”

“Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit. All that exists is a magnificent interweaving, vast and reciprocal.”

“When we think about the present, we veer wildly between the belief in chance and the evidence in favour of determinism. When we think about the past, however, it seems obvious that everything happened in the way that it was intended.”

“As a teenager, Michel believed that suffering conferred dignity on a person. Now he had to admit that he had been wrong. What conferred dignity on people was television.”