… the person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.
John Lanchester – “Capital”
Middle-class mediocricity.
Suburban mediocricity.
A culture that openly worships the average.
A society that allows the idea of the elite to exist only in relation to sport.
A culture of fat people who aren’t interested in anything except celebrity, people who wat in the street, people who betray their ordinariness every time they open their mouths.
John Lanchester – “The Capital”
… he had the young man’s obliviousness to the old – to him, everyone over the age of sixty looked the same.
John Lanchester – “The Capital”
Shahid’s view: anybody who had to wear a suit to work died a little inside every day.
Leonard Cohen – “Joaca preferata”
Nu erau inca suficient de apropiati pentru a se bucura si de uratenie.
Leonard Cohen – “Joaca preferata”
Il scruta cu acea ingrozitoare atentie care face din tovarasul de asternut un strain.
Leonard Cohen – “Joaca preferata”
…nimic nu miroase mai bine a abator ca un seminar de licenta. Oameni care stau in jurul unor mese in sali stramte, cu mainile insangerate de virgule. Ei imbatranesc, dar poetii raman vesnic la aceeasi varsta: douazeci si trei, douazeci si cinci, nouasprezece.
Leonard Cohen – “Joaca preferata”
Pofta ii dresase ochii sa nu vada ce nu era de sarutat.
Leonard Cohen – “Joaca preferata”
Pe masura ce imbatranesc, ororile devin cerebrale, ciudateniile devin sexuale, miracolele devin religioase.
Leonard Cohen – “Joaca preferata”
Parca sovaind, muntele a lasat sa-i scape luna, lin, ca pe un balon pe care nu mai putea sa-l tina.