“- She studies mathematics at the Sorbonne.
....
- Perhaps it's her way of rebelling. You know a thing or two about rebellion, I think.
- Yes, but I did it in the proper way. I drank and smoked and took lovers. Who rebells with mathematics?”
― And the Mountains Echoed
....
- Perhaps it's her way of rebelling. You know a thing or two about rebellion, I think.
- Yes, but I did it in the proper way. I drank and smoked and took lovers. Who rebells with mathematics?”
― And the Mountains Echoed
“Zbor din tine în tine”
― To Know a Woman
― To Know a Woman
“Entering my childhood home is a little disorienting, like reading the end of a novel that I’d started, then abandoned, long ago.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“Tu ești un om foarte deștept, ba chiar șmecher, dar ești un om cumsecade. Aici nu încape îndoiala. Corect ca un zar. Ești intr-adevăr un tip OK. Necazul cu tine e ca ai trei mare lipsuri: A. dorința, B. bucuria, C. mila. Dacă mă-ntrebi pe mine, astea trei lucruri merg impreună, la pachet. Și dacă-ți lipsește numărul doi, atunci nu ai parte de numărul unu sau trei. Și așa mai departe. Starea în care te găsești tu e îngrozitoare.”
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