Quote of the day....

I'm reading (almost finished) Atomised by Michel Houellebecq, I like it all in all, a story about two disfuctional guys living two disfunctional lives. Just read this part....

"People often say that the English are very cold fish, very reserved, that they have away of looking at things - even tragedy - with a sense of irony. There's some truth in it; it's pretty stupid, though. Irony won't save you from anything; humour doesn't do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who seem to go through most of their lives seeing the funny side, but in the end, life always breaks your heart. Doesn't matter how brave you are, or how reserved, or how much you've developed a sense of humour, you still end up with your heart broken. That's when you stop laughing. After that, there's just the cold, the silence and the loneliness. You might say, after that, there's only death."

hmmm..........