25.07.2023 E. M. Cioran on friendship and love

“The interesting thing about friendship is that it is — almost as much as love — an inexhaustible source of disappointment and outrage, thereby of fruitful surprises it would be madness to try to do without.”

-Anathemas and Admirations, pg. 217

“The most effective method for making loyal friends is to congratulate them upon their failures.”

-Anathemas and Admirations, pg. 219