To ensure that the self doesn't shrink, to see that it holds on to its volume, memories have to be watered like potted flowers, and the watering calls for regular contact with the witnesses of the past, that is to say, with friends.

“You think that just because it's already happened, the past is finished and unc…”

“in languages that derive from Latin "compassion" means: we cannot look on cooll…”

“He was down and out, the Catholics took him in, and before he knew it, he had f…”

“Stau întins în pat, cufundat în dulceaţa semisomnului. La ora şase, în prima fa…”