In countries where there is a mild climate, less effort is expended on the struggle with nature and man is kinder and more gentle. Seagull
That’s the problem, we do get used to things. The Zahir
"Gregor's appeals to his father were of no help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder." Metamorphosis and Other Stories
“This perversion of the truth, familiar to the artist though it was, always unnerved him afresh and proved too much for him. What was a consequence of the premature ending of his fast was here presented as the cause of it! To fight against this lack of understanding, against a whole world of nonunderstanding, was impossible.” A Hunger Artist
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