#na

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb. ↗

Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#anything #financed #had #i #impossible

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#either #fanatic #get #himself #idea

Anyone who speaks in the name of others is always an imposter. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#anyone #name #others #speaks #who

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#constant #constant need #doing #far #feel

Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#imagination #life #memory #only #our

When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#goals-in-life #humor #inspirational #wish #funny

I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#congress #cover #i #immortal #library

It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons. ↗