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MICHEL FABER All along the street, keys rattle in key-holes as each shop's ornate metal clothing is stripped away... MICHEL FABER This is a street where the weaker souls crawl into bed as soon as the sun sets and lie awake listeni... MICHEL FABER ...to her, all familiar responses smell of entrapment. Sharing an old joke, singing an old song - th... MICHEL FABER Because I must do something while I still can. Each soul is still incalculably precious. MICHEL FABER Few know what year it is, or even that eighteen and a half centuries are supposed to have passed sin... MICHEL FABER A truly modern man, William Rackham is what might be called a superstitious atheist Christian; that ... MICHEL FABER God damn God and all His horrible filthy Creation. MICHEL FABER Sunlight is bad,' he wheezes. 'It's the exact same stuff as breeds maggots in wounded soldiers' legs... MICHEL FABER Yes, seven years old she was, when she finally plucked up the courage to ask her mother what Christm... MICHEL FABER But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a mome... MICHEL FABER Sugar leans her chin against the knuckles of the hand that holds the pen. Glistening on the page bet... MICHEL FABER Isn't Heaven reward enough, without needing to see the damned punished? MICHEL FABER History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women. MICHEL FABER Why are there such long words in the world, Miss?’ enquires Sophie, when the mineralogy lesson is ... MICHEL FABER Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it. MICHEL FABER Anything can happen in life, especially nothing. MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ Knowledge doesn't really form part of human nature. Conflict, combat, the outcome of the combat,... MICHEL FOUCAULT I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's ... MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ We made some bad decisions. When you don't win, you're tense. You probably don't think the same way.... MICHEL THERRIEN It's nice to get a reward, seeing your team like we have been seeing here. They have been playing pr... MICHEL THERRIEN We're a team that our work ethic has to be 100 percent, our concentration has to be 100 percent and ... MICHEL THERRIEN I'm not afraid to play him back to back. We'll see how it goes (tonight) and then make a decision fo... MICHEL THERRIEN I liked the way he played; that's why we called him up. He played with confidence. We wish him the b... MICHEL THERRIEN It's so great just to get to the Super Bowl and so great for the city. Pittsburgh is just a great ci... MICHEL THERRIEN It was measured about 10 times and half the measures seemed to show it was okay while the other half... MICHEL VION That history is still playing a role in Germany. Population policy was long a taboo topic. HARALD MICHEL Since last Tuesday, the government was looking for a solution out of the crisis. It was obvious that... MICHEL BRUNACHE Really good books need a chaos element: something weird or inexplicable. MICHEL FABER Our government is concerned about the future. Everything we do today is not aimed at tomorrow but ra... MICHEL TEMER The problem of Islam as a political force is an essential one for our time and for the years to come... MICHEL FOUCAULT Being apart was wrong. Simply lying side by side did more for a relationship than words. A warm bed,... MICHEL FABER