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"Platform" follows a disaffected French civil servant who becomes entangled in a provocative venture to commercialize sex tourism in Southeast Asia, exposing the intersections of desire, capitalism, and cultural alienation.

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The world is gradually becoming a vast hospital where everyone is both a patient and a doctor.

Michel Houellebecq

societyhealth

In a world without God, everything is permitted.

Michel Houellebecq

moralityreligion

What greater temptation than the forbidden?

Michel Houellebecq

temptation

The more tired you are, the more stupid your desires become.

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desires

The present moment is so powerful, so enchanting, that the future loses all importance.

Michel Houellebecq

presentfuture

Sometimes people change, sometimes they don't, or they change only when they're forced to.

Michel Houellebecq

change

The only way to remain faithful is to change all the time.

Michel Houellebecq

faithfulnesschange

What is literature, if not the most audacious way of speaking about everything?

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literature

The idea that love can last forever is an illusion.

Michel Houellebecq

love

Desire is not in the object, but in the subject.

Michel Houellebecq

desire