Iulia

“În limpezi depărtări aud din pieptul unui turn
cum bate ca o inimă un clopot
şi-n zvonuri dulci
îmi pare
că stropi de linişte îmi curg prin vine, nu de sânge.

Gorunule din margine de codru,
de ce mă-nvinge
cu aripi moi atâta pace
când zac în umbra ta
şi mă dezmierzi cu frunza-ţi jucăuşă?

O, cine ştie? - Poate că
din trunchiul tău îmi vor ciopli
nu peste mult sicriul,
şi liniştea
ce voi gusta-o între scândurile lui
o simt pesemne de acum:
o simt cum frunza ta mi-o picură în suflet -
şi mut
ascult cum creşte-n trupul tău sicriul,
sicriul meu,
cu fiecare clipă care trece,
gorunule din margine de codru.”
― Lucian Blaga, Poemele luminii

“- The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear?'
- Yes.
- My Imagination.
- I thought you were going to say "Fear, itself."
- Then you have a small imagination.”
― Stephen King, The Drawing of the Three

“The desert was the apotheosis of all deserts, huge, standing to the sky for what looked like eternity in all directions. It was white and blinding and waterless and without feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched themselves on the horizon and the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams, nightmares, death. An occasional tombstone sign pointed the way, for once the drifted track that cut its way through the thick crust of alkali had been a highway. Coaches and buckas had followed it. The world had moved on since then. The world had emptied.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“So do we pass the ghosts that haunt us later in our lives; they sit undramatically by the roadside like poor beggars, and we see them only from the corners of our eyes, if we see them at all. The idea that they have been waiting there for us rarely crosses our minds. Yet they do wait, and when we have passed, they gather up their bundles of memory and fall in behind, treading in our footsteps and catching up, little by little.”
― Stephen King, Dark Tower Set