"I Cannot Make You Understand. I Cannot Make Anyone Understand What Is Happening Inside Me. I Cannot

"I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis-

(Artwork by Mimmo Paladino)

"The things we see are the same things that are within us. There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself."

-Hermann Hesse, Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair.-

( Artwork Midnight Overthinking by Miles Johnston).

We could be stargazing now, altogether.

Spread on the roof, like droplets of dew and ivies,

Wrapped up in meaningful silence, but

Instead, we're apart, counting stars

By the window, teeth-clenched and

Unblinking, waiting for shooting stars

To send each other flying kisses

Which smell of longing, of affection

And of resistance against the distance.

(poem by me)

"The tremendous world

I have in my head. But how to free myself and free it without being torn to pieces. And a thousand times rather be torn to pieces than retain it in me or bury it."

-Book: The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1923-

(Artwork by Miles Johnston.)

"What makes the desert beautiful,' said the Little Prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well..."

-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince-

(Artwork Loneliness by Salvador Dali.)

From The Castaway by William Cowper.