“From the cradle to the grave, each individual pays for the sin of not being God. That's why life is an uninterrupted religious crisis, superficial for believers, shattering for doubters.”

—  Emil M. Cioran

Tears and Saints (1937)

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Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911–1995

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