A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.
Emile M. CioranWhere are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?
Emile M. CioranOnly optimists commit suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists. The others, having no reason to live, why would they have any to die?
Emile M. CioranDeath makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear.
Emile M. Cioran