The majority of men. . . are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and. . . are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.
I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs.
I assure Romanians that once I return. . . I will try and generate a sentiment of reconciliation in society. Divisions in society must be stopped, they must be annihilated, because Romania needs all its energy to. . . integrate into the civilized world.
The dramatic wish of Romanians at the end of the Second World War was to be occupied by the Americans and not by the Russians.
Romania will always defend the Roma's right to move freely in Europe. They are European citizens and as long as there is no evidence they broke the law they should enjoy the same rights of any European citizen.
My suspension was a long-planned move. . . and was done to protect would-be convicts in Romanian politics.
Many Europeans are confused by the terms Roma and Romania. They wonder if it is an ethnicity or a nation of 22 million citizens.
Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness.
Katsa turned to Po with tears in her eyes. 'He'll be so angry. ' 'He won't stay angry forever. ' 'Won't he?' she said. 'People do sometimes. ' 'Do they?' he said. 'Reasonable people? I hope that's not true. ' Katsa gave him a funny look, but didn't answer. Resumed hugging herself and kicking things.
If you deny the existence of your fault or error, it will strengthen its hold over you.
My vocation is to write and I have known this for a long time. I hope I won't be misunderstood; I know nothing about the value of the things I am able to write. I know that writing is my vocation. When I sit down to write I feel extraordinarily at ease, and I move in an element which, it seems to me, I know extraordinarily well; I use tools that are familiar to me and they fit snugly in my hands. But when I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she was a child, between walls and trees that are hers.