Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.

Emile M. Cioran
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Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.
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Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers. ✨ Ecartelement (Drawn and Quartered). Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1983.
To get up in the morning, wash and then wait for some unforeseen variety of dread or depression. I would give the whole universe and all of Shakespeare for a grain of ataraxy. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976 … ▶
Nostalgia, more than anything, gives us the shudder of our own imperfection. This is why with Chopin we feel so little like gods.
This very second has vanished forever, lost in the anonymous mass of the irrevocable. It will never return. I suffer from this and I do not. Everything is unique - and insignificant. ✨ Emile M. Ciora … ▶
If we had the courage to confront the doubts we timidly conceive about ourselves, none of us would utter an 'I' without shame. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1975). A short history of decay, Viking Books

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