“I tried to persuade myself that she is not so beautiful, I thought of her hips, which are too large for her waist, I thought that by seeing all kinds of imperfections in her, I would distance her from me — in fact, as often happens, the imperfections somehow only served to bring her closer to me.”
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion and a prominent figure in the study of comparative religion. Born on March 13, 1907, in Bucharest, Romania, he passed away on April 22, 1986. His research focused on the history of religions, with a particular interest in the role of myth and ritual in human societies. more
“There is no perfect definition of beauty, we all have different tastes.”
“Her beauty was its own violence”
“She was very beautiful-but it was a beauty that made me uncomfortable.”