Read day and night, devour books - these sleeping pills

Emile M. Cioran
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Read day and night, devour books - these sleeping pills - not to know but to forget! Through books you can retrace your way back to the origins of spleen, discarding history and its illusions. ✨ Tears and Saints. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1937.
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Read day and night, devour books - these sleeping pills - not to know but to forget! Through books you can retrace your way back to the origins of spleen, discarding history and its illusions. ✨ Tears and Saints. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1937.

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