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“O! de-aș putea iubi. Înțelegi tu ce va să zică de-a nu putea iubi? A trece pin lume singur, mărginit în pași, în ochi, să te zvârcolești în strâmtoarea sufletului tău celui rece, să cauți a-l aprofunda și să vezi că e secat și că apele sale se pierd în nisipul secăciunei sociale, se ard de căldura unei societăți de oameni ce trăiesc numai din ura unuia către celălalt. A nu iubi nu-i nimica — a nu putea iubi e grozav.”
― Geniu Pustiu - Nuvele
― Geniu Pustiu - Nuvele
“I'm still kind of a mess. But I think we all are. No one's got it all together. I don't think you ever do get it totally together. Probably if you did manage to do it you'd spontaneously combust. I think that's a law of nature. If you ever manage to become perfect, you have to die instantly before you ruin things for everyone else.”
― Suicide Notes
― Suicide Notes
“Nu există pustiu. Există doar incapacitatea noastră de a umple golul în care trăim...”
― Viața pe un peron
― Viața pe un peron
“I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here.'
Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. [...] We needed that much time.... to understand how lonely we really were.”
― 1Q84
Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. [...] We needed that much time.... to understand how lonely we really were.”
― 1Q84
“Suferinţa sfinţeşte totul.”
― Lost Illusions
― Lost Illusions
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