Emile M. Cioran

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.

Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.

In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

I am not saying that the Renaissance in any way was a feminist movement - hardly. But the arts flourished, and in more social settings as opposed to being confined to the church.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.