There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

I can once more carry on a conversation with myself, and don't stare so into complete emptiness. Only in this way is there any possibility of improvement for me.

He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.

One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous bug.

I can love only what I can place so high above me that I cannot reach it.

Written kisses never arrive at their destination; the ghosts drink them up along the way.