The Gioconda Smile

“Many dreams have been
brought to your doorstep.
They just lie there
and they die there.”

The Return of the Author,
by Eugen Simion:

On Sartre’s Les Mots –

“Writing helps him find his own place within this vast comedy. He does not take to writing seriously yet, but he is eager to write books in order to escape the comedy he has been compelled to take part in.”