Patricia

“the dank night is sweeping down from the sky
and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.”
― Virgil

“I am coming to see that the sensation of the worst nightmares, a sensation that can be felt asleep or awake, is identical to those worst dreams' form itself: the sudden intra-dream realization that the nightmares' very essence and center has been with you all along, even awake: it's just been ... overlooked; and then that horrific interval between realizing what you've overlooked and turning your head to look back at what's been right there all along, the whole time...”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.”
― Virginia Woolf

“German is my mother tongue and as such more natural to me, but I consider Czech much more affectionate, which is why your letter removes several uncertainties; I see you more clearly, the movements of your body, your hands, so quick, so resolute, it’s almost like a meeting.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena