Cioran

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    The mind is the result of the torments the flesh undergoes or inflicts upon itself.
    —E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)

    A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech.
    —E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)

    To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.
    —E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)