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   Death is not a final moment but a constant presence that shapes every moment of our existence.

   Lacrimi și sfinți · 1937

   Cioran turns death from a terminal event into a permanent dimension of life. Dying a little every day means accepting that renunciations, fatigue, and forgetting are forms of a slow death. For example, when you lose a close friend or a strong illusion, you feel a part of you fade away. This daily death is not a tragedy but a condition of authentic living. Life thus becomes a conscious flight from death's shadow, and every choice gains weight. Cioran rejects the illusion that death is far away and forces us to face our fragility.

   “You cannot live without dying a little every day. Death is not an event, but a way of being. It accompanies us like a shadow, and life is nothing but a flight from it.”

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