Sofia Maxima Caesaria

“This getting up early,” he thought, “makes a man quite idiotic.”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

“Why don't I sleep for a little while longer and forget about all this foolishness?”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

“Sometimes, I used to sit under the sky, on a clear night, and gaze at the stars, saying, in my croaky voice: “Lord, if you’re up there somewhere, and you aren’t too busy, come and say a few words to me, because I’m very lonely and it would make me so happy.” Nothing happened. So I reckon that humanity— which I wonder whether I belong to —really had a very vivid imagination.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“Ur tankar och känslor föds ord och handlingar. Hur skulle tankar och känslor då kunna vara den enskildes ensak? (...) Hittills har det bara inte varit möjligt att kontrollera dem - men nu är alltså medlet funnet.”
― Karin Boye, Kallocain