My mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How com…

Emile M. Cioran
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My mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How comfortable one is among murderers.
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Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1975). A short history of decay, Viking Books
One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other. ✨ Aveux et anathemes (Anathemas and Admirations). Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1987.
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