Staircase

“It was not my intention to make you suffer, yet I have done so; obviously it never will be my intention to make you suffer, yet I shall always do so”
― Franz Kafka, Kafka

“Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“No, I didn't imagine my being alone with you the way you do. If I want the impossible, I want it in its entirety. Entirely alone, dearest, I wanted us to be entirely alone on this earth, entirely alone under the sky, and to lead my life, my life that is yours, without distraction and with complete concentration, in you.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Felice

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles