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It's just that I belong in the quietest quiet, that's what's right for me.
my experiences in the past have shown me that you are the only one i can travel with; much worse but still bearable is to travel alone
October 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
my experiences in the past have shown me that you are the only one i can travel with; much worse but still bearable is to travel alone
but then the metamorphoses resumed and went so far that you were no longer even there; instead i was the one on fire and i was also the one who was beating the fire with the coat.
September 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
but then the metamorphoses resumed and went so far that you were no longer even there; instead i was the one on fire and i was also the one who was beating the fire with the coat.
yesterday i dreamt about you. i hardly remember the details, just that we kept on merging into one another, i was you, you were me.
September 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
yesterday i dreamt about you. i hardly remember the details, just that we kept on merging into one another, i was you, you were me.
you can stand the truth like no one else, and one can tell you the truth both for one’s own sake and for yours; in fact, one can even discover one’s own truth directly through you
August 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
you can stand the truth like no one else, and one can tell you the truth both for one’s own sake and for yours; in fact, one can even discover one’s own truth directly through you
i look for you everywhere; small gestures made by all kinds of people in the street remind me of you, by their similarity as much as by their differences,but I cannot say what is obsessing me; it obsesses me utterly and leaves no strength to express it
May 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
i look for you everywhere; small gestures made by all kinds of people in the street remind me of you, by their similarity as much as by their differences,but I cannot say what is obsessing me; it obsesses me utterly and leaves no strength to express it
I think you were unhappy in the past because of bad company,it was completely natural,you can't bask in the shade.
December 1, 2024 at 1:06 PM
I think you were unhappy in the past because of bad company,it was completely natural,you can't bask in the shade.
I'm a little lost,but it doesn't matter because you may have gone along,and now we're both lost
November 17, 2024 at 2:29 PM
I'm a little lost,but it doesn't matter because you may have gone along,and now we're both lost
That’s the way it is with me too. I often think: I have to write you this or that, but then it turns out I can’t.
November 14, 2024 at 10:06 AM
That’s the way it is with me too. I often think: I have to write you this or that, but then it turns out I can’t.
how about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense
October 27, 2024 at 4:17 PM
how about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense
there are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship
October 27, 2024 at 4:11 PM
there are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship
the inner advantages that mediocre literary works derive from the fact that their authors are still alive and present behind them. the real sense of growing old
October 27, 2024 at 4:01 PM
the inner advantages that mediocre literary works derive from the fact that their authors are still alive and present behind them. the real sense of growing old
somehow I can’t write about anything but what concerns us and us alone,in the middle of the crowded world.
October 27, 2024 at 3:50 PM
somehow I can’t write about anything but what concerns us and us alone,in the middle of the crowded world.
Do you know what is special about some people? they are nothing,but they cannot show it,cannot even show it to their own eyes,that is what is special about them
October 10, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Do you know what is special about some people? they are nothing,but they cannot show it,cannot even show it to their own eyes,that is what is special about them
It’s fine if we can use words to cover ourselves up from ourselves,but even better if we can adorn and drape ourselves with words until we have become the kind of person that in our hearts we wish to be
October 8, 2024 at 10:10 AM
It’s fine if we can use words to cover ourselves up from ourselves,but even better if we can adorn and drape ourselves with words until we have become the kind of person that in our hearts we wish to be
I need all the time i have and a thousand times more than all the time i have and most of all I’d like to have all the time there is just for you, for thinking about you,for breathing in you
October 4, 2024 at 11:18 AM
I need all the time i have and a thousand times more than all the time i have and most of all I’d like to have all the time there is just for you, for thinking about you,for breathing in you
Earlier, when the door had been barred, they had all wanted to come in to him; now, when he had opened one door and when the others had obviously been opened during the day, no one came any more, and the keys were stuck in the locks on the outside
October 2, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Earlier, when the door had been barred, they had all wanted to come in to him; now, when he had opened one door and when the others had obviously been opened during the day, no one came any more, and the keys were stuck in the locks on the outside
You can choose to be free, but it's the last decision you'll ever make
October 2, 2024 at 11:20 PM
You can choose to be free, but it's the last decision you'll ever make
And despite everything, I think that if it is possible to die of happiness then I will certainly do so.and if someone destined to die can be kept alive by happiness,then I will stay alive
September 29, 2024 at 8:28 PM
And despite everything, I think that if it is possible to die of happiness then I will certainly do so.and if someone destined to die can be kept alive by happiness,then I will stay alive
Writing letters...means to denude oneself before the ghosts, something for which they greedily wait. Written kisses don't reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts
September 27, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Writing letters...means to denude oneself before the ghosts, something for which they greedily wait. Written kisses don't reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts
I’m tired,can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity
September 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
I’m tired,can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity
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Hello Kafka friends from Brazil! I received several nice emails from you in which you expressed a longing for the sunny Kafka. Of course everyone should have access to Kafka's pep talk, so Olá everyone! We are testing this site as well. 🌞
September 17, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Hello Kafka friends from Brazil! I received several nice emails from you in which you expressed a longing for the sunny Kafka. Of course everyone should have access to Kafka's pep talk, so Olá everyone! We are testing this site as well. 🌞
I long for you; i who usually longs without longing, as though i am unconscious and absorbed in neutrality and apathy, really, utterly long for every bit of you
September 24, 2024 at 10:40 AM
I long for you; i who usually longs without longing, as though i am unconscious and absorbed in neutrality and apathy, really, utterly long for every bit of you
I passed by the brothel as though past the house of a beloved
September 24, 2024 at 10:39 AM
I passed by the brothel as though past the house of a beloved
I usually solve problems by letting them devour me
September 22, 2024 at 5:14 PM
I usually solve problems by letting them devour me
But what am i supposed to do if this fear,and not my heart,is beating within my body?
September 22, 2024 at 5:11 PM
But what am i supposed to do if this fear,and not my heart,is beating within my body?