Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a co…

Emile M. Cioran
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Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books
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Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books

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