A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.
Letter to Oskar Pollak
1904
This is the sentence I keep above my desk. It is a demand, not a comfort.
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- Mira S.
2. November 2026
I read this as permission: a book should interrupt you, not comfort you. It is also a warning — not every axe is held by someone who knows how to use it.