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We are all deep in a hell each moment of which is a miracle.

Emile M. Cioran

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When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.
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To act is to anchor in the imminent future.
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The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words.
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One doesn't live in a country, one lives in a language.
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Our place is somewhere between being and nonbeing - between two fictions.
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What strangely enchanted tunes gush forth during those sleepless nights!
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Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.
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What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.
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