17 Quotes by Martin Page

Cei care cred ca inteligenta are vreo noblete, cu siguranta ca n-au destula pentru a-si da seama ca nu e decat un blestem.

Essere desiderati non è semplice. Non bisogna farsi illusioni: non siamo mai noi a essere desiderati, ma quello che l'altro immagina di noi e, spesso, quello che potrà servirgli a giustificare le proprie scelte esistenziali.

Renunţarea la inteligenţa veritabilă este preţul care trebuie plătit pentru a avea certitudini, şi este întotdeauna o cheltuială invizibilă la banca conştiinţei noastre, în sensul ăsta, îi prefer pe cei care nu se-nvăluie în mantia raţiunii şi recunosc caracterul fictiv al credinţei lor.

Eu cred că să fii inteligent este mai rău decât să fii prost, pentru că un prost nu-şi dă seama ce-i cu el, pe când cineva inteligent, chiar dacă-i umil şi modest tot o ştie.

There are people in this life for whom even the best of things don’t work out. They could wear cashmere suits and still look like tramps; be very rich but badly in debt; be tall but lousy at basketball.

Life was nothing but endless torture. He no longer felt any pleasure watching the sun rise, his every waking moment was sour, ruining the taste of anything that could have brought him enjoyment. As he had never really felt that he was living, he was not afraid of death. He was even happy that, in death, he would find the sole proof that he had been alive.

He had every intention of becoming an alcoholic. It keeps you busy. Alcohol occupies every thought and provides a goal in times of despair: getting better.

I have the curse of reason: I’m poor, single and depressed. For months now I’ve been thinking about my illness of thinking too much, and I’ve established with complete certainty the correlation between my unhappiness and the incontinence of my mind. Probing and pondering and overanalyzing have never given me any advantages; they’ve only played against me.