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I didn’t even realize this was a play, but I’m enjoying so far. Would be great to read with friends like a soap opera. So far the boys are very dramatic and sassy.

The human brain grows an excess of neurons, eliminates the extra cells early in life (synaptic pruning). Only the connections you need are kept. Unused neurons later in life can make neural connections weaken (it’s more complicated) so it’s important to keep up with physical and mental exercise. (Why I enjoy reading a variety of topics and try to bring variation to physical exercise)

Not a great title for a story sorry..The Artificial Nigger: 3/5.

Only given a 3 instead of 2 because of this quote, ““Mr. Head saw two unoccupied seats and pushed Nelson toward them. “Get in there by the winder,”” Get in there by the winder!! I kept repeating that in a thick accent. Otherwise, I strongly disliked Mr. Head. He was a stupid head. And very racist. And was horrible to his grandchild.

Restarting this because I’m gonna add random facts as I go.
a human brain contains roughly 86 billion nerve cells/neurons, and we use all of them
an estimated 1 in 4 people worldwide will face a neurological or psychiatric condition I wonder if that includes mild cases. At what point does anxiety count, etc? It’s a normal human emotion, but many are labeled as having a disorder. I have my doubts.

(Nov 12-1912) Yes, that would be lovely, to read this story to you, while I would have to hold your hand, for the story is a little frightening. It is called Metamorphosis, and it would thoroughly scare you, you might not want to hear a word of it, for alas! I scare you enough every day with my letters. the only story I’ve read from him so far, 3/5 story for me

A Temple of the Holy Ghost: 2/5, my least favorite story from her so far. Kinda mundane and pointless to me.

Dearest, what have I done that makes you torment me so? No letter again today, neither by the first mail nor the second. You do make me suffer! While one written word from you could make me happy! You’ve had enough of me; there is no other explanation, it’s not surprising after all; Franz needs to chill. Bro expects a letter every single day.

Carol was looking at Abby fondly, lighting one of Abby’s cigarettes. How well they must know each other, Therese thought, so well that nothing either of them said or did to the other could ever surprise, ever be misunderstood.

I shall have a word with Franz this afternoon—needless to say, without mentioning your letter. I will then write to you at once unless, as I hope, the situation has meanwhile been cleared up, in which case it would be superfluous.—All I ask is that you should make allowances for Franz and his often pathological sensitivity. Felice wrote to his friend cause Franz is too negative about himself lol

She felt if she wept enough, it would all go out of her, the tiredness and the loneliness and the disappointment, as though it were in the tears themselves.

Carol looked at her. “How do you become a poet?” “By feeling things—too much, I suppose,” Therese answered conscientiously.

if you don’t write after tomorrow’s letter I shan’t worry about it any more. I used to say to myself: “She doesn’t write,” and that was bad, but now I shall say: “Dearest, so you have gone for a walk,” and that can only give me pleasure. healthy thinking Franz 👍🏻

He sweeps her hair back from her ears; he swings her above his head. He says she is his émerveillement. He says he will never leave her, not in a millions years. what a good dad 😭 also love that word now

“A Stroke of Good Fortune”: 2.5/3 - my least favorite from her so far.

Hold on to the delusion that you need me; think yourself more deeply into it. It won’t do you any harm, you know, and if one day you want to get rid of me you will always have the strength to do so; but meanwhile you have given me a gift such as I never even dreamt of finding in this life. lol the delusion

Would you like to come out this Sunday?” The gray eyes regarded her directly now, and for the first time, Therese faced them. There was a measure of humor in them, Therese saw. And what else? Curiosity and a challenge, too.
“Yes,” Therese said.
“What a strange girl you are.”
“Why?”
“Flung out of space,” Carol said.

Their eyes met at the same instant, Therese glancing up from a box she was opening, and the woman just turning her head so she looked directly at Therese. She was tall and fair, her long figure graceful in the loose fur coat that she held open with a hand on her waist. Her eyes were gray, colorless, yet dominant as light or fire, and caught by them, Therese could not look away. when 2 intense ppl connect

I wasn’t paying much attention to where I was going, and a carriage only just missed me. Still deep in thought, I stamped my foot and uttered something inarticulate. At that moment I felt downright furious that I hadn’t been run over. Needless to say, the coachman misunderstood and swore at me—quite rightly. relatable lol

Now I have expanded my life to accommodate my thoughts about you, and there is hardly a quarter of an hour of my waking time when I haven’t thought about you, and many quarter-hours when I do nothing else. this was underlined a lot by others so I figured I'd add this to my memory bank ✅ I think Franz likes Felice

I have written them down to counter your remark that little notice was taken of you that evening, and also because I have resisted far too long the desire to write down my memories of that evening before they are forgotten. relatable

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.

A Good Man Is Hard to Find: 4/5, very dark humor but kinda sad too

The River: 3/5, this one is mostly sad to me but still some dark humor, neglect theme

The Life You Save May Be Your Own: 3/5, creepy man, stupid lady lol

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 was lucky to meet an extremely intelligent and interesting guy on my trip in October. We talked about everything while randomly meeting at the start of a hike and I’m finally getting into one of his book recommendations. I need to start finishing a book because I’m reading too many at once..