Everything turns on pain; the rest is accessory, even nonexistent, for we remember only what hurts. Painful sensations being the only real ones, it is virtually useless to experience others.
Emile M. CioranManiacs of Procreation, bipeds with devalued faces, we have lost all appeal for each other.
Emile M. CioranThe desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.
Emile M. CioranI don’t understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldn’t it be better to retreat to a faraway corner of the world, where all its noise and complications would be heard no more? Then we could renounce culture and ambitions; we would lose everything and gain nothing; for what is there to be gained from this world?
Emile M. Cioran