We dread the future only when we are not sure we can kill o… - Emil Cioran

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We dread the future only when we are not sure we can kill ourselves when we want to.

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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At this very moment, I am suffering — as we say in French, j'ai mal. This event, crucial for me, is nonexistent, even inconceivable for anyone else, for everyone else. Except for God, if that word can have a meaning.

We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade to the void.

We die in proportion to the words we fling around us.

We dread the future only when we are not sure we can kill ourselves when we want to. - Emil Cioran

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