Emil Cioran

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

Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves. ”

To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible; to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future. ”

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors. ”