An existence transfigured by failure.

Emile M. Cioran
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An existence transfigured by failure.
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I don’t understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldn’t it be better to retreat to a faraway corner of the world, where all its no … ▶
To act is to anchor in the imminent future. ✨ History and Utopia. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.
If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: I want to be praised.
One cannot live without motives. I have no motives left, and I am living. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books
I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books

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