“Life inspires more dread than death — it is life which is the great unknown.”
A Short History of Decay (1949)
Emil M. Cioran: Quotes about life (page 2)
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The tension, the degree and level of intensity of a thought proceeds from its internal antinomies, which in turn are derived from the unsolvable contradictions of a soul. Thought cannot solve the contradictions of the soul. As far as linear thinking is concerned, thoughts mirror themselves in other thoughts, instead of mirroring a destiny.
The Book of Delusions (1936)
“I'd rather offer my life as a sacrifice than be necessary to anything.”
Anathemas and Admirations (1987)
“Knowledge is the plague of life, and consciousness, an open wound in its heart.”
On the Heights of Despair (1934)
“The advantage of meditating upon life and death is being able to say anything at all about them.”
All Gall Is Divided (1952)
“One of the greatest delusions of the average man is to forget that life is death's prisoner.”
On the Heights of Despair (1934)
Drawn and Quartered (1983)
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
A Short History of Decay (1949)
Variant: By capitulating to life, this world has betrayed nothingness... I resign from movement, and from my dreams. Absence! You shall be my sole glory... Let “desire” be forever stricken from the dictionary, and from the soul! I retreat before the dizzying farce of tomorrows. And if I still cling to a few hopes, I have lost forever the faculty of hoping.
A Short History of Decay (1949)
The Book of Delusions (1936)
“It makes no sense to say that death is the goal of life, but what else is there to say?”
Drawn and Quartered (1983)