Roxana Calinescu

“The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.”
― Nick Hornby, How to Be Good

“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet

“Mă doare tot ce iubesc acum, pentru că presimt în orice frumusețe sfârșitul, dar poate că așa arată adevărata iubire. Bucură-te de acest dar vremelnic, strigă o voce în mine. Căci nu există decât daruri vremelnice.”
― Octavian Paler

“A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram