Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher, Essayist
"When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves."
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Devouring
9 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Anais Nin
Writer, Diarist
"Introspection is a devouring monster."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Then love-devouring Death do what he dare."
Haruki Murakami
Writer
"The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory."
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
"The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love."
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