In relation to any act of life, the mind acts as a killjoy. - Emil Cioran

Basically—I speak of life as it is and not of abstract philosophical constructs—life is only bearable because one does not go to the end; doing something is only possible when one has particular illusions and that holds also for friendships, for everything.

Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!

All my life, I have lived with the feeling that I have been kept from my true place. If the expression "metaphysical exile" had no meaning, my existence alone would afford it one.