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> [We start to die when we no longer have the power to choose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/we-start-to-die-when-we-no-longer-have-the-power-to-choose/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

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## More by Octavian Paler

> [“Fiecare dintre noi a inteles, probabil, atunci ca nu exista "mai tarziu". Ca tot ce nu traim ramane netrait. Eu, oricum, aveam gust de…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/fiecare-dintre-noi-a-inteles-probabil-atunci-ca-nu-exista-mai-tarziu/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [We start to die when we no longer have the power to choose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/we-start-to-die-when-we-no-longer-have-the-power-to-choose/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [After the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/after-the-fall-of-dictator-nicolae-ceausescu-romanians-were-crazed/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“Lumea e plina de masti de sticla. Te uiti si nu le vezi. Mîngîi fata unei femei si nu simti masca asta de sticla.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/lumea-e-plina-de-masti-de-sticla-te-uiti-si-nu-le-vezi-m-ng-i-fata/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“Un prezent prea gol se cere umplut cu ceva.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/un-prezent-prea-gol-se-cere-umplut-cu-ceva/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“Dumnezeu a plătit cu un deşert bunătatea de a fi necruţător.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/dumnezeu-a-pl-tit-cu-un-de-ert-bun-tatea-de-a-fi-necru-tor/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“When love, that dandelion fluff, that always comes and goes with the first wind thread, will pass on to your door, then you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/when-love-that-dandelion-fluff-that-always-comes-and-goes-with-the/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“We have time for everything: to sleep, to run from one place to another, to regret having mistaken and to mistake again, to judge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/we-have-time-for-everything-to-sleep-to-run-from-one-place-to-another/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [Time is a beast who has the immense patience to swallow everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/time-is-a-beast-who-has-the-immense-patience-to-swallow-everything/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“Pentru că nu putem trai in conflict cu noi înșine...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/pentru-c-nu-putem-trai-in-conflict-cu-noi-n-ine/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“In fata amintirilor suntem egali cu zeii, nici ei nu le mai pot schimba, ceea ce s-a intamplat nu mai sta in puterea lor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/in-fata-amintirilor-suntem-egali-cu-zeii-nici-ei-nu-le-mai-pot/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“Sunt o jucărie a dificultăţilor mele interioare.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/sunt-o-juc-rie-a-dificult-ilor-mele-interioare/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [The others wolves would devour me if they could know that my roar is, in reality, a crying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/the-others-wolves-would-devour-me-if-they-could-know-that-my-roar-is/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“Pe langa talent, vreau sa spun, literatura iti pretinde multe: puterea de a o lua mereu de la capat, de a te culca seara…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/pe-langa-talent-vreau-sa-spun-literatura-iti-pretinde-multe-puterea/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

> [“Oamenilor n-ai voie sa le vorbesti despre speranta daca doresti sa-i salvezi. Miroase a Paradis. Speranta ne-a pregatit doar sa inghitim mai bine cacealmaua.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavian-paler/oamenilor-n-ai-voie-sa-le-vorbesti-despre-speranta-daca-doresti-sa-i/)

[Octavian Paler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavian-paler/)

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