Cartea-amagirilor Quote by Emil Cioran

“Eu nu am idei ci obsesii. Idei poate avea oricine. Nimeni nu s-a prăbușit din cauza ideilor.”

— Emil Cioran

“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

“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

“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

“I would like to be free, totaly free... free like an aborted child.”

— Emil Cioran

“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

“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

“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

“Tell me how you want to die, and I’ll tell you who you are.”

— Emil Cioran

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

“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

“A fi sau a nu fi? Nici una nici alta.”

— Emil Cioran