Roxana Popescu

“He had said that our lives are steered by uncertainties, many of which are disruptive or even daunting; but that if we persevere and remain generous of heart, we may be granted a moment of lucidity—a moment in which all that has happened to us suddenly comes into focus as a necessary course of events, even as we find ourselves on the threshold of the life we had been meant to lead all along.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“Curaj, îmi spusei, dar mă oprii să rectific. Curaj? Numai oamenii timizi au nevoie de curaj pentru ca să facă ceva, cei normali, cei puternici n-au nici curaj, nici lașitate, ei deschid ușile simplu, așa...”
― Max Blecher, Întâmplări în irealitatea imediată

“Uneori iubeşti un om care la început ţi s-a părut perfect, iar când timpul îl schimbă, continui să o faci, fără să te intrebi de ce. Nici nu contează motivele, ci doar că numai aşa poţi face. Uneori… iubirea e pe viaţă.”
― Camelia Cavadia, Măștile fricii

“After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow