The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist… — Octavian Paler Copy Share Image
“Fiecare dintre noi a inteles, probabil, atunci ca nu exista "mai tarziu". Ca tot ce nu traim ramane netrait. Eu, oricum, aveam gust de… — Octavian Paler Copy Share Image
After the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the… — Octavian Paler Copy Share Image
“Lumea e plina de masti de sticla. Te uiti si nu le vezi. Mîngîi fata unei femei si nu simti masca asta de sticla. Se îmbratiseaza doi amanti si nu simt unul la celalalt masca de sticla. Se saruta si nu simt. Mama îsi creste copilul si nu simte cum odata cu obrazul se largeste si masca de sticla. Nu,… — Octavian Paler Copy Share
“When love, that dandelion fluff, that always comes and goes with the first wind thread, will pass on to your door, then you will… — Octavian Paler Copy Share Image
“We have time for everything: to sleep, to run from one place to another, to regret having mistaken and to mistake again, to judge the others and to forgive ourselves we have time for reading and writing, for making corrections to our texts, to regret ever having written we have time to make plans and time not to respect them,… — Octavian Paler Copy Share
Time is a beast who has the immense patience to swallow everything. — Octavian Paler Copy Share Image
“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… — Octavian Paler Copy Share Image
