"[...]: His Resolution Did Not Give Him Peace."

"[...]: his resolution did not give him peace."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, from 'The Brothers Karamazov', first published in 1880. (as translated by Constance Garnett)

"Superstition: The evil spirits gain entry into a person who drinks out of an imperfect glass."

Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated October 27th 1911, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)

“The sea was like a warm, silk coverlet that moved my body gently to and fro. There were no waves, only this gentle underwater movement, the pulse of the sea, rocking me softly.”

— Gerald Durrell, from ‘My Family and Other Animals’, first published in 1956. 

"I write this not because I did not know it, but rather because it is perhaps well to write down warnings frequently."

Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated November 5th 1911, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)

“‘Time was’, he said casually, 'when you were not bored either by me or by my conversation’. 'You flatter yourself’.”

— Daphne du Maurier, from ‘Frenchman’s Creek’, first published in 1941. (via eligendo)

Ettore Tito (Italian, 1859-1941)

Wide Horizon, 1910