The refutation of suicide: is it not inelegant to abandon a world which has so willingly put itself at the service of our melancholy?
Emile M. CioranTo claim you are more detached, more alien to everything than anyone, and to be merely a fanatic of indifference!
Emile M. CioranEach concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.
Emile M. CioranIn most cases we attach ourselves to in order to take revenge on life, to punish it, to signify we can do without it, that we have found something better, and we also attach ourselves to God in horror of men.
Emile M. Cioran