"I hate everything that does not relate to literature, conversations bore me (even when they relate to literature), to visit people bores me, the joys and sorrows of my relatives bore me to my soul. Conversation takes the importance, the seriousness, the truth out of everything I think."
—
Franz Kafka, from his diary, 1918 (quoted in
Metaphor and Memory by Cynthia Ozick)
Speaking of Kafka, have we told you that New Star Books is publishing a book we illustrated entitled
Kafka Franzlations: A Guide to the Imaginary Parables?