Joy Nicholas

“Writing, when it springs from within, is like giving birth, and the child is covered in mucus”
― Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis

“It was hard not to love a man who so steadfastly ignored the awful truth about her. But it was even more difficult to respect him.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, The Invention of Sound

“He slid back into his previous position.
'Getting up so early,' he thought, 'makes one entirely stupid. People must have their sleep.”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

“Our greatest creation is our selves. The way we cultivate our appearance and behavior. And nowhere is our artwork more apparent than in our own minds. They way we each have an idea of self. The one perfect self we've chosen by rejecting all other options.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, The Invention of Sound