Oana Balan

“To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much
Just remember two main rules for the beginning:
You better starve, than eat whatever
And better be alone, than with whoever.”
― Omar Khayyám, Rubaiyat

“Sunt lucruri pe care le poţi avea doar dacă stai departe de ele. Făcând greşeala să le cauţi, le pierzi.”
― Octavian Paler

“Te-am iubit aşa cum m-ai iubit şi tu, ca un nebun, ca un strigoi, fără să înţeleg ce fac, fără să înţeleg ce se întâmplă cu noi, de ce am fost ursiţi să ne iubim fără să ne iubim, de ce am fost ursiţi să ne căutăm fără să ne întâlnim...”
― Mircea Eliade

“The Laughing Heart

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.”
― Charles Bukowski, Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories