The nature of the world is that when we create something, we often destroy something else in the process.
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― The Garden of Eden
― The Garden of Eden
“Cea mai minunată femeie din lume este cea care te iubeşte cu adevărat şi pe care o iubeşti cu adevărat. Nimic altceva nu contează.”
― De ce iubim femeile
― De ce iubim femeile
“Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.”
― The Lovely Bones
― The Lovely Bones
“Câţiva centimetri, câţiva ani, câteva mii de lei in plus, câteva cărţi citite în plus, mă rog, lucruri de felul ăsta despart oamenii...”
― Nostalgia
― Nostalgia
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