Nu se surmeneaza decat cei care vor sa se odihneasca, zambii eu.
Mircea Eliade – “Romanul adolescentului miop”
Dintr-o mansarda iubesti intotdeauna ploaia.
Mircea Eliade – “Romanul adolescentului miop”
Iata ce simt: ca sunt ridicat din mine si izbit de colturi dureroase, si lasat iar in suflet, si iarasi inaltat. Si nu stiu nimic alt, si nimic nu inteleg.
Mircea Eliade – “Romanul adolescentului miop”
As vrea sa-mi gasesc sufletul cum gasesc pancreasul unui caine la anatomie. Sa-l masor, sa-l cantaresc si sa-l pretuiesc in valori.
Mircea Eliade – “Romanul adolescentului miop”
Am observat ca un om se straduieste sa nu dezminta cea ce crede el sau altii despre sine. Personalitatea n-ar fi, atunci, decat ceva impus de vointa, iar nu izvorat intocmai din adancul sufletului.
Mircea Eliade – “Romanul adolescentului miop”
Eu n-am avut mosie si na-m avut prietene care sa-si petreaca adolescenta la mosia mea. Cand eram mic, adormeam tremurand de frig si ma jucam cu fetele cizmarului de alatur care n-aveau niciodata ciorapi si purtau rochite de stamba. Iar eu numai am visat dudui si m-am jucat inainte cu fetele cizmarului.
John Lanchester – “Capital”
… if middle-aged white people were stabbed with the regularity of black teenagers, the army would be in the streets.
John Lanchester – “Capital”
… 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.