Illusion begets and sustains the world; we do not destroy one without …

Emile M. Cioran
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Illusion begets and sustains the world; we do not destroy one without destroying the other. Which is what I do every day. An apparently ineffectual operation, since I must begin all over again the next day. ✨ Drawn and Quartered. Book by Emil Cioran, 1983.
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Illusion begets and sustains the world; we do not destroy one without destroying the other. Which is what I do every day. An apparently ineffectual operation, since I must begin all over again the next day. ✨ Drawn and Quartered. Book by Emil Cioran, 1983.

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