Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. – Franz Kafka
You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid. – Franz Kafka
Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive. – Franz Kafka
A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. – Franz Kafka
I would always be that same maddening, monstrous mixture of pedantry, egoism, politeness, selfishness, kindliness, sneakiness, larkiness, sociability, loneliness, ambition, ordered calm and hidden intensity. I would cover my life with words. I would spray the whole bloody world with words. – Stephen Fry (b.1957), Moab is my Washpot #INFJ