"Well, do you think I believe in ghosts? But how can my not believing help me?"
— Kafka, “Unhappiness”
He never spoke a meaningless word. Everything that came from him came in a way that became less and less forced as the years went on, a precious expression of his quite special way of looking at things — patient, life-loving, ironically considerate towards the follies of the world and, therefore, full of sad humour.
— Max Brod on Kafka
Apparently, November is Historic Bridge Awareness Month. Well, all right. Here is a lovely picture of the bridge in Mostar, Bosnia i Hercegovina, and here is Kafka’s short story Die Brücke (The Bridge).
