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I Have A Constant Longing, [], To Catch A Glimpse Of Things As They May Have Been Before They Show Themselves
“I have a constant longing, […], to catch a glimpse of things as they may have been before they show themselves to me. I feel that then they were calm and beautiful.”
— Franz Kafka, from ‘Description of a Struggle’; ‘Conversation with the Supplicant’, posthumously published by Max Brod.
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