Quotes from book
The Possibility of an Island

The Possibility of an Island
Michel HouellebecqOriginal title La Possibilité d'une île (French, 2005)

The Possibility of an Island is a 2005 novel by French novelist Michel Houellebecq, set within a cloning cult that resembles the real-world Raëlians.

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“To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.”

Michel Houellebecq book The Possibility of an Island

Source: The Possibility of an Island

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