Octavian Paler Quotes

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 paradise.'

Octavian Paler

Quotes to Explore

The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.

Karen Horney
- Men
- Women
- Psychology
I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.

R. Buckminster Fuller
- Done
- Universe
- Leadership
I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.

Patricia Heaton
Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.

Sam Yagan
The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.

Dana Spiotta
- People
- Book
- Hunger
Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.

Tamara Tunie
- Me
- Ground
- Keeps