Eliana Corina > Eliana's Quotes

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
― Jerome K. Jerome

“People on the streets are dehumanized the same way settlers dehumanized the Indigenous, to steal the land of abundance at gunpoint, to tax the land to the fullest.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“Bytelling you anything at
all I’m at least believing in you, I
believe you’re there, I believe you
into being. Because I’m telling
you this story I will your
existence. I tell, therefore you
are.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

“I am always amazed at the power of the human mind to retain all sorts of details, while situations and events that seal our fate are completely passed into oblivion.”
― Tatiana Niculescu Bran

“People living deeply have no fear of death.”
― Anaïs Nin

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

“„Mi-am cucerit, puţin câte puţin, teritoriul interior care urma să fie al meu. Mi-am cerut, unul după altul, întinsurile de mlaştină în care nu mai rămăsese nimic din mine. Şi am scos la iveală fiinţa mea infinită, dar a trebuit să mă scot pe mine din mine cu forcepsul”. - Fernando Pessoa, "Cartea neliniştirii”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“Arăţi foarte bine, Elena. Totdeauna te îmbraci aşa cînd îi citeşti lui Ion?" am întrebat-o.
O clipă i s-au luminat ochii, apoi şi-a coborît privirile.
"Pentru Ion e totuna cum mă îmbrac, el tot nu vede. Dar o fac pentru cărţi."
"Nu înţeleg."
"Nu poţi să pui mîna pe asemenea cărţi cum pui mâna pe lopată. Trebuie să te speli pe mâini şi să te îmbraci curat.”
― Cătălin Dorian Florescu

“Cel mai bun scriitor nu-i altceva decât un bun observator.”
― Cătălin Dorian Florescu, De Blinde Masseur

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Because things can get better, and if you give them a chance, they usually do.”
― Stephen King, End of Watch