Quote Fooled
God gets along better with little children, because a little one's soul is roomier. A grownup's soul is so crowded with evils that there is no place to stay. (aged 10) by student in The Zaica Experiment
Like Then: A Memory With M
I was walking through the campus on a sunny September morning, which was calm, fresh, with a deep blue sky, like then. Then, just as now, the dew that fell during the night on the grass sparkled coldly and delicately. The sun was strong and gentle. Through the pure air passed,
Nobody's Angels
excerpts PROMISES Those of us who looked after the severely ill, close to their end in hospitals or foster homes made a lot of promises to them. Some asked for the impossible, namely to save them from death, but most of them only wished not to die alone and, above all,
The Child Is Another Soul
In the Balkans full of various mythologies, it is said that nobody can move faster than angels[1] when it comes to passing from one human being to another, thus populating the earth. Yet angelic beings are not among the early manifestations of our national imagery. Romanians
Quote Angels
When they arrive in heaven, souls don't get idle, they first wait for their wings to grow, just like their teeth used to grow when they were little children on earth, so that they turn into angels. (aged 12) by student in The Zaica Experiment
Boogie la Festivalul Internaţional de Film de la Karlovy Vary 2008
Filmul românesc va fi reprezentat la cea de-a 43-a ediţie a Festivalului Internaţional de Film de la Karlovy Vary de comedia dramatică Boogie (regia Radu Muntean, 2008), film selecţionat în secţiunea Quinzaine des réalisateurs la Festivalul de Film de la Cannes 2008.
Geta Brătescu şi Ana Lupaş expun la Innsbruck
Institutul Cultural Român Viena şi Galeria im Taxispalais din Innsbruck prezintă în aceasta vară două expoziţii simultane ale artistelor Geta Brătescu şi Ana Lupaş. Vernisajul are loc în Innsbruck, pe 27 iunie, iar expoziţiile rămân deschise pâna pe 24 august.
The Truth About Romania's Children
(not for children's use) For many years after the fall of communism, the association between Romania and children meant a hellhole: European champions of neonatal and infant mortality (16. 7 % in 2003, down from 26. 9 % in 1990), juvenile AIDS (almost 9000 cases of
Nationally-Specific Art In Interwar Romania
Art history is usually at ease when imposing its own concepts and technical terminology upon an apparently unconscious body of visual accomplishments called works of art. For art historians and art critics, art seemingly exists in order for theorists to put words on it and
I Look At Things As A Romanian Does
Excerpts from a discussion with Raluca Barac, published in Acum (Now) magazine, No. 13, April 1990 Going back to the fate of the cultured generation, let me make so bold as to ask your opinion of the so-called age of Noica, a phrase that seems to get bandied about quite
Rich And Poor, 1945
excerpts I For a century, the psychology of the Romanian people has found itself in continual transformation. This has corresponded (since 1829, that is, since the treaty of Adrianopolis whereby the Romanian Principalities joined the Western capitalist complex) to a gradual,
The Significance Of Transylvania, 1944
excerpts The significance of Transylvania during the childhood and teens of those who in 1916, at the time of the Old Kingdom, went to place our youth in the melting pot where the spirit of a whole nation was to broil in order to win its political unity is not only of