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Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#concession #conscious #diminution #each #immediately

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

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#belief #flourishes #intelligence #only #withers

Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#dread #great #inspires #life #more

We die in proportion to the words we fling around us. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#die #fling #proportion #us #words

We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#did #hope #human #human beings #interested

I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as best I can while still protecting my writer self, which more than ever needs privacy. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

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People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad? ↗

— Tom Clancy

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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

Well, I'm Buddhist, Ray, and so part of my Buddhism has allowed me to look a little more deeply at people and the events in my life that created me. And I think a lot of that Buddhism comes out in the world view in this novel. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#buddhism #buddhist #comes #created #deeply