Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive. – Franz Kafka
It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. – Franz Kafka
The relationship to ones fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving it is from prayer that one draws the strength for ones striving. – Franz Kafka
Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. – Franz Kafka
Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties… I dont know if anyone would disagree with it: I think theyre the exception, not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because theyre scared of what an uncertain time it is, or theyre avoiding commitment altogether. – Lena Dunham