Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.
Emile M. CioranThe aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words.
Emile M. CioranIf we manage to last in spite of everything, it is because our infirmities are so many and so contradictory that they cancel each other out.
Emile M. CioranMy mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How comfortable one is among murderers.
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