Writer Between Worlds

Soulful writing about humans and places

Category: ENGLISH

  • The nature of things

    On the ground, insects toil away. Above, the forest is dying. Gnarled and unnaturally twisted, it scratches the horizon with skeletal claws; combs it like it’s a skein in need of untangling. On the ground, insects toil away. Above, the forest is dying. Between them, people walk, setting dogs on each another; people walk with…

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  • Bookfest Timişoara 2026

    Want a peek behind the scenes of the International Book Salon BOOKFEST TIMISOARA 2026 – and how it all went for me, my publisher, and my books? Here are a few snapshots:

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  • Self-compassion

    sit with that pain, that sorrow, that fear. hold its hand like you would a dying man’s. breathe. then caress it and dab its lips with moisture. for when it dies down – and it will – it is a part of you you will have buried.

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  • The Gender Dance

    Today is International Women’s Day. Below is a text I wrote a while ago, which sadly remains valid today and sheds some light on the place of women in society, asymmetrical relationships, gender expectations, and the thorny consent issue. It’s my sophomore year in high school. I’m with my class on one of those overnight…

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  • Eveniment editorial

    Metamorfoza e completă. ȘI VĂILE ȘOPTEAU… au fost coconul. Prima ediție. Acum, la epuizarea tirajului, e timpul să iasă în lume, într-o identitate vizuală nouă care include și un sequel surprinzător, trilogia CRISALIDĂ. Cei care ați citit Și văile șopteau numele tău știți că e vorba despre un roman în două părți. Am stat mult…

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  • Quotes of the day

    “Life is a snake. They are the same, Firdaus. If the snake realizes you are not a snake, it will bite you. And if life knows you have no sting, it will devour you. (…) “When the street becomes your life, you no longer expect anything, hope for anything. But I expected something from love.…

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  • Quote of the day

    “The person who said: love is a matter of the epidermis was undoubtedly referring to this inferior knowledge of the body, to the fact that possession is possible only under certain physical conditions and for certain human specimens. But the body can reveal more. Beyond voluptuousness, beyond lust, a consummate self-rediscovery is possible in that…

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  • Dream

    what do you dream of, the wandering sorcerer asked, and I told him.he shook his head. this is not good, he said. it would be better to dream of gazing into the soul of an animal, staring everything that’s alive in its fierce, wild eye and being devoured by quiet.

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  • Quote of the day

    “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. (…) “Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” Henry Bergson

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  • Quote of the day

    “The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.” Henri Bergson, Time and Free Will

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  • Quote of the day

    “Evidence from a number of sources suggests that the right hemisphere contributes the majority, not just of emotional and social intelligence, but also of what is ordinarily meant by intelligence (IQ) – cognitive power, or g. This appears to be particularly true among children and adults of the highest intelligence.” Iain McGilchrist – The Matter…

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  • Quote of the day

    “Sprache ist so ein verlässliches Signal für unsere Statuszugehörigkeit, weil wir so wahnsinnig gut darin sind, Sprache zu lernen. Das heißt, unsere Sprache wird wirklich zur zweiten Natur, wird wirklich tief eingebaut in unserer Psyche.” (English translation: Language is such a reliable indicator of our social status because we are so incredibly good at learning…

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