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"Brief, broken, often painful as their actual meetings had been what with his absences and interruptions [...] the effect of them on his life was immeasurable. There was a mystery about it. You were given a sharp, acute, uncomfortable grain—the actual meeting; horribly painful as often as not; yet in absence, in the most unlikely places, it would flower out, open, shed its scent, let you touch, taste, look about you, get the whole feel of it and understanding, after years of lying lost. Thus she had come to him; on board ship; in the Himalayas; suggested by the oddest things [...]. She had influenced him more than any person he had ever known."
Virginia Woolf, from 'Mrs. Dalloway', originally published in 1925.
photo by Dmitri Kasterine, James Baldwin, France, 1979
"Superstition: The evil spirits gain entry into a person who drinks out of an imperfect glass."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated October 27th 1911, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"I write this not because I did not know it, but rather because it is perhaps well to write down warnings frequently."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated November 5th 1911, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"[...]: his resolution did not give him peace."
Fyodor Dostoevsky, from 'The Brothers Karamazov', first published in 1880. (as translated by Constance Garnett)
“There was an emptiness about the heart of life; an attic room.”
— Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway (via distantheartbeats)
Zuhair Murad | Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 - Fashion Week Paris, France. (x)
‘[…], and “when things grow too long they turn into snakes.” ‘
- Giovanni Verga, as translated by Mary A. Craig, from ‘House by the Medlar-Tree’, first published in 1881.
“As a child she was described as having the eyes of a half-tamed creature, being drawn to the unnatural, with a penchant for improvising tempestuous fairy stories.”
— Patti Smith, in her Introduction to Wuthering Heights
"Do you want me to wake up the cat for you?" Brodsky used to ask his guests as a sign of deep admiration.
"To awaken on a cold autumn morning full of yellowish light."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated November 14th 1911, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive." "No, God won't have the satisfaction that I shall,"
Emily Brontë, from 'Wuthering Heights', first published in 1847.
"Beautiful lonely walk [...]."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated December 8th 1911, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"Outside, in the rainy weather intended for silent walking, I drew a deep breath of relief [...]."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated December 23rd 1911, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"Safety and the assurance of safety are things of the past."
Bram Stoker, from 'Dracula', first published in 1897.
"I admitted the possibility of miracles more readily than that of real progress, "
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated January 2nd 1912, featured in 'Diaries'. (as translated by Joseph Kresh)
