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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.

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
Pain, Real, Suffering
Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

Every word affords me pain. Yet how sweet it would be if I could hear what the flowers have to say about death!

Emile M. Cioran
Death, Sweet, Pain
Emile M. Cioran (1999). “All Gall is Divided: Gnomes and Apothegms”, p.7, Arcade Publishing

The limit of every pain is an even greater pain.

Emile M. Cioran
Pain, Pessimistic, Limits

Everything turns on pain; the rest is accessory, even nonexistent, for we remember only what hurts. Painful sensations being the only real ones, it is virtually useless to experience others.

Emile M. Cioran
Hurt, Pain, Real
Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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