Emil Cioran > Quotes

“Aphorisms are also momentary truths. They're not decrees. And I could tell you in nearly every case why I wrote this or that phrase, and when. It's always set in motion by an encounter, an incident, a fit of temper, but they all have a cause.”
― Emil Cioran

“Without the idea of suicide, I would have killed myself for sure. What kept me alive was the fact that I always had this escape door. In fact, without the idea of suicide, I could not have endured life. For me, the idea of suicide is related to the idea of freedom. With this idea, I could bear anything.”
― Emil Cioran