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I thought I'd share this wonderful quote by Franz Kafka about letter writing (in Letters to Milena):

 

"The easy possibility of writing letters must have brought wrack and ruin to the souls of the world. Writing Letters is actually an intercourse with ghosts, and by no means just the ghost of the addressee but also with one's own ghost, which secretly evolves inside the letter one is writing."

 

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Nathan Hondros

"que le cœur de l'homme est creux et plein d'ordure."

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that is a really great quote Nath.. made it to my PocoProfile immediately...

 

cheers from Adelaide

Trevor

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A keeper for sure - thanks for posting, Nathan.

A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water. ~ Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

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Thanks for a very true quote that makes one think :)

 

My favorite Kafka quote about writing (in general) is this one:

 

"Das Schreiben ist ein süßer wunderbarer Lohn, aber wofür? In der Nacht war es mir mit der Deutlichkeit kindlichen Anschauungsunterrichtes klar, daß es der Lohn für Teufelsdienst ist. Dieses Hinabgehen zu den dunklen Mächten,diese Entfesselung von Natur aus gebundener Geister, fragwürdige Umarmungen und was alles noch unten vor sich gehen mag, von dem man oben nichts mehr weiß, wen man im Sonnenlicht Geschichten schreibt. Vielleicht gibt es auch anderes Schreiben, ich kenne nur dieses: in der Nacht, wenn mich die Angst nicht schlafen läßt, kenne ich nur dieses."

 

It was certainly true for him; one can feel it very clearly in his short stories!

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Thanks for a very true quote that makes one think :)

 

My favorite Kafka quote about writing (in general) is this one:

 

"Das Schreiben ist ein süßer wunderbarer Lohn, aber wofür? In der Nacht war es mir mit der Deutlichkeit kindlichen Anschauungsunterrichtes klar, daß es der Lohn für Teufelsdienst ist. Dieses Hinabgehen zu den dunklen Mächten,diese Entfesselung von Natur aus gebundener Geister, fragwürdige Umarmungen und was alles noch unten vor sich gehen mag, von dem man oben nichts mehr weiß, wen man im Sonnenlicht Geschichten schreibt. Vielleicht gibt es auch anderes Schreiben, ich kenne nur dieses: in der Nacht, wenn mich die Angst nicht schlafen läßt, kenne ich nur dieses."

 

It was certainly true for him; one can feel it very clearly in his short stories!

 

Absolutely beautiful! I love Kafka; there is music in his words.

 

I don't know if this story is true, but the story goes that he would stand at his window overlooking the river and compose in his head, weary of life, ready to jump to his death if his ideas were unacceptable. Sounds like good old Franz to me. :rolleyes:

 

Summer Greer

"Can I see Arcturus from where I stand?" -RPW

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My favorite Kafka quote about writing (in general) is this one:

 

"Das Schreiben ist ein süßer wunderbarer Lohn, aber wofür? In der Nacht war es mir mit der Deutlichkeit kindlichen Anschauungsunterrichtes klar, daß es der Lohn für Teufelsdienst ist. Dieses Hinabgehen zu den dunklen Mächten,diese Entfesselung von Natur aus gebundener Geister, fragwürdige Umarmungen und was alles noch unten vor sich gehen mag, von dem man oben nichts mehr weiß, wen man im Sonnenlicht Geschichten schreibt. Vielleicht gibt es auch anderes Schreiben, ich kenne nur dieses: in der Nacht, wenn mich die Angst nicht schlafen läßt, kenne ich nur dieses."

 

It was certainly true for him; one can feel it very clearly in his short stories!

Yeah. Kindv hits me in the ol' Weltanschauung every time.

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etherX in To Miasto

Fleekair <--French accent.

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