Iulian

“Creative people, as I see them, are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, and defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks. They do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being. They knock on silence for an answering music; they pursue meaninglessness until they can force it to mean.”
― Rollo May, The Courage to Create

“Vârsta în sine nu îi face pe oameni mai buni sau mai înțelepți, ci doar întărește trăsăturile pe care aceștia le-au avut dintotdeauna.”
― Isabel Allende, The Japanese Lover

“Watching him, Juliana thought, It's idealism that makes him that bitter. Asking too much out of life. Always moving on, restless and griped.”
― Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

“Nu experientele in sine, ci felul in care le interpretam determina calitatea vietii noastre.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death