Status Updates From Letters to Felice (The Scho...

what good does it do me to learn about your visits to the theater if I don’t know everything that happened before and after, if I don’t know what you wore, which day of the week it was, what the weather was like, whether you dined before or after, where you sat, in what kind of mood you were and why, and so on Agreed, Franz.

But why haven’t you written to me?—It is possible, and from the manner of that letter even probable, that there was something foolish in it that may have disconcerted you, but it is not possible that the good intention behind my every word could have escaped you. I love how open and honest he is with his anxiety to another person he’s getting to know. Authenticity >, I feel it could scare some away

I am chattering about my last letter instead of telling you all I have to say. Please understand why that first letter has assumed such importance for me. It is because you answered it with the letter that lies here beside me, which has made me absurdly happy and upon which I am now laying my hand to be conscious of owning it. Please write me another one soon. I really wanna write letters now

“Oh, the moods I get into, Fräulein Bauer! A hail of nervousness pours down upon me continuously. What I want one minute I don’t want the next.” again, relateable

“All testimonials and reports on Felice Bauer emphasize her efficiency and common sense in practical matters—qualities which, as Kafka says, he himself lacked entirely, and which throughout his life he often admired extravagantly in others,” admiration mixed with insecurity, he often felt unfit for ordinary life, relateable

Und wenn schon!

I leave and come back to this book often. He is so so so funny and intense and I giggle every time he sends her four letters in one day and a telegram asking if she’s dead. The original double texter. He gafs so much ive never felt more understood and I love that his mum sent felice a letter asking her to tell Kafka to eat his dinner and go to bed