They ask you for facts, proofs, works, and all you can show… - Emil Cioran

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They ask you for facts, proofs, works, and all you can show them are transformed tears.

Emil Cioran

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Emil Cioran (8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist whose work is known for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, which frequently engages with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism.

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Alternative Names: Emil Mihai Cioran • Emil-Michel Cioran

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Albert Camus Fernando Pessoa Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich Nietzsche Henry Miller

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We replace God as best we can; for every god is good, provided he perpetuates in eternity our desire for a crucial solitude. . . .

Having destroyed all my connections, burned my bridges, I should feel a certain freedom, and in fact I do. One so intense I am afraid to rejoice in it.

An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.

They ask you for facts, proofs, works, and all you can show them are transformed tears. - Emil Cioran

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