All language is but a poor translation.

What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream.

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.

Books are a narcotic.

Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

The Diabolical sometimes assumes the aspect of the Good, or even embodies itself completely in its form. If this remains concealedfrom me, I am of course defeated, for this Good is more tempting than the genuine Good.

So then you’re free?’ ‘Yes, I’m free,’ said Karl, and nothing seemed more worthless than his freedom.