„In Florida, Florence had grown used to being the most sophisticated person in the room. But in this grubby bar (New York), she felt inadequate–stupid, really–for the first time in her life. She had been blithely walking around thinking she knew…
„The rape lasted for close to an hour.” ……………………………………………………………………. „They say it is a miracle treatment–to have the most horrible trauma erased from your mind. What I want to express now, at the beginning of the story, is that it was…
„Philosophy is a deeply unpopular subject that almost no one knows anything much about. The average school doesn’t teach it, the average adult doesn’t understand it–and the whole subject can seem scary, strange and not very necessary. All of this is…
„O să plouă Își zice Dumnezeu, căscând, Și privind la cerul fără pic de nor, Mă cam încearcă reumatismul De vreo patruzeci de zile și patruzeci de nopți: Ehe, se strică vremea! Noe, mă Noe, Ia vino pînă la gard Să-ți spun…
„Groucho Marx said, <<Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?>>„ …………………………………………………………….. „The Pact is a group of like-minded individuals intent on achieving a similar goal. Created in 1992 by Orla Scott, The Pact has increased…
În 2018 mi-am cumpărat cartea de eseuri „What if this were enough?”, scrisă de Heather Havrilesky. După ce am citit-o, am înțeles că autoarea era cunoscută pentru rubrica pe care o semna în revista „The Cut.” Eseul „The popularity contest” (din care sunt…
„It was very hot the summer before I ran away. Records were broken. Everyone was complaining. People started talking about global warming again, even though the prior winter had also broken records for snow and cold. I think sometimes that having…
„During a month-long stay at Balmoral late in the summer of 1946, Philip proposed to Elizabeth, and she accepted on the spot, without even consulting her parents. None of the criticism of Philip’s German blood or cheeky attitude was of any…
Alexa (23 years old) and her Psychiatrist „-It’s important to listen to all of the Voices, I say. It doesn’t mean you have to act on what they say. But pushing them aside only makes them stronger.” I watch her throat swallow.…
Când eram tânără, eram tot timpul uimită de dialogul familiilor fictive din romanele pe care le citeam. Cât de bine știau să-și spună părerile și să-și explice acțiunile. Deoarece în familia mea discuțiile nu erau ca în cărți, mult timp am crezut…
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