Showing posts with label the next village. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the next village. Show all posts

Monday, September 16, 2013

The Next Village

The Next Village
Franz Kafka

My grandfather used to say: "Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance, how a young man can decide to ride over to the next village without being afraid that--not to mention accidents--even the span of a normal happy life may fall far short of the time needed for such a journey."