“It is a mistake to think of the expatriate as someone who abdicates, who withdraws and humbles himself, resigned to his miseries,… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“It is no nation that we inhabit, but a language. Make no mistake; our native toungue is our true fatherland.” — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“I’ve never practiced a profession and have lived like a sort of student. I consider this my greatest success, my life hasn’t… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Religion comforts us for the defeat of our will to power. It adds new worlds to ours, and thus brings us hope… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Bach’s music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded a complete failure.” — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“America stands before the world as an impetuous void, a fatality without substance. Nothing prepared her for hegemony; yet she tends toward… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“At the climax of failure, at the moment when shame is about to do us in, suddenly we are swept away by… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“To grant life more importance than it has is the mistake committed in sagging systems; as a consequence, no one is ready… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Eu nu am idei ci obsesii. Idei poate avea oricine. Nimeni nu s-a prăbușit din cauza ideilor.” — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“For a long while I have lived with the notion that I was the most normal being that ever existed. This notion gave me… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Natura s-a arătat darnică numai cu cei pe care i-a scutit de obsesia morţii. Dacă-i firesc să mori, nu-i deloc firesc să zaboveşti asupra… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Having always lived in fear of being surprised by the worst, I have tried in every circumstance to get a head start, flinging myself… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“We had nothing to say to one another, and while I was manufacturing my phrases I felt that earth was falling through space and… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“It is no sign of benediction to have been obsessed with the lives of saints, for it is an obsession intertwined with a taste… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“His power to adore is responsible for all his crimes: a man who loves a god unduly forces other men to love his god,… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
One should live and die where one was born... I've been bored everywhere I went. What was the point of leaving Coasta Boacu? — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine that there could be someone whose childhood could compare to mine. The sky and the earth belonged to me, literally, even… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
