Chase

“Extraordinary,' said the Burgomaster, 'extraordinary. And now do you think of staying here in Riva with us?'

'I think not', said the Hunter with a smile, and, to excuse himself, he laid his hand on the Burgomaster's knee. 'I am here, more than that I do not know, further than that I cannot go. My ship has no rudder, and it is driven by the wind that blows in the undermost regions of death.'

("The Hunter Gracchus")”
― Franz Kafka

“We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death.”
― Thomas Bernhard, Extinction

“Instead of committing suicide, people go to work.”
― Thomas Bernhard, Correction

“Paint me a heaven of love with your bloodied mouth.”
― Federico García Lorca, Collected Poems