It is true, that when I arrived at the prison sorting centre, at Ghencea, I was made to scrub the floors, something I had never done in my life, which prompted my self-analysis: ‘what was the point to have been presented to the King of England, when I could not even scrub the floors?’
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Dictionary of Romanian Quotations – Letter “N”
November 12th, 2016 · Comments Off on Dictionary of Romanian Quotations – Letter “N” · Books, Communist Prisons, Diaspora, Education, Famous People, History, International Media, PEOPLE, POLITICAL DETENTION / DISSENT, quotations, Translations
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Romanian Dictionary of Quotations, Selected & Translated by Constantin ROMAN: Letter ‘B’
July 18th, 2013 · No Comments · Books, Diaspora, International Media, PEOPLE, quotations, Translations
“A book is a delayed suicide.”
Emil CIORAN, (1911-1995), philosopher, writer
“I still have the Babel of this fabulous land in my ears: Romanian, Ukrainian, German, Yidish, Polish, Magyar, Armenian…”
Gregor von REZZORI, (1914-1998), Writer
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