True contact between beings is established only by mute presence, by apparent non-communication, by that mysterious and wordless exchange which resembles inward prayer.
Emile M. CioranLosing love is so rich a philosophical ordeal that it makes a hairdresser into a rival of Socrates.
Emile M. CioranAnyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there.
Emile M. Cioran