Emil Cioran Quotes

The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility.

Emil Cioran

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• I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.

  

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• Say yes to everything.

  

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• The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility.

  

  Emil Cioran
  • Live
  • Attention
  • Die