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“Love feels like a great misfortune, a monstrous parasite, a permanent state of emergency that ruins all small pleasures.”
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“It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”
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“Scholars really have nothing to teach you.
But from the soft touch of the eyelashes of
a woman you will know all there is to know about happiness.”
― The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
But from the soft touch of the eyelashes of
a woman you will know all there is to know about happiness.”
― The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
“Lumina aceasta ascunde altceva. Viaţa întreagă ascunde altceva. Aşa cum sunt eu, aşa cum e Biriş, ascundem, fiecare din noi, altceva. Se află ascuns undeva în noi, în adâncul fiinţei noastre. Altceva.”
― Noaptea de Sânziene
― Noaptea de Sânziene
“S-ar putea întâmpla fel de fel de miracole, continuase el fără s-o privească. Dar trebuie să te înveţe cineva cum să le priveşti, ca să ştii că sunt miracole. Altminteri, nici măcar nu le vezi. Treci pe lângă ele şi nu ştii că sunt miracole. Nu le vezi...”
― Noaptea de Sânziene
― Noaptea de Sânziene
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