As the years pass, the number of those we can communicate with diminis…

Emile M. Cioran
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As the years pass, the number of those we can communicate with diminishes. When there is no longer anyone to talk to, at last we will be as we were before stooping to a name. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books
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As the years pass, the number of those we can communicate with diminishes. When there is no longer anyone to talk to, at last we will be as we were before stooping to a name. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books

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