Status Updates From La Metamorfosis

“Before, when all the doors were locked, everyone kept trying to come in, and now that he had opened the one door and the others had apparently been opened during the day, no one came”

“He fell with a faint shriek upon his many little legs…for the first time all morning - a sense of physical well-being; his legs had solid ground beneath them; they obeyed his will perfectly, and he noted to his delight; they even strove to bear him wherever he wished…”

“…they were so preoccupied with their present worries that they were bereft of all foresight.”

“A person can be incapable of working at the moment, but this is precisely the right time to recall his earlier accomplishments and consider that he will later, once the hindrance has been overcome, work all the more industriously and with greater focus.”