The only way of enduring one disaster after the next is to love the ve…

Emile M. Cioran
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The only way of enduring one disaster after the next is to love the very idea of disaster: if we succeed, there are no further surprises, we are superior to whatever occurs, we are invincible victims. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books
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The only way of enduring one disaster after the next is to love the very idea of disaster: if we succeed, there are no further surprises, we are superior to whatever occurs, we are invincible victims. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1976). The Trouble with Being Born, Viking Books

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