Margarita Karapanou, tr. by Karen Emmerich, from The Sleepwalker
[Text ID: "I adore you, but I hate you, too! You're a prison smothered in flowers, I've never more eager to leave a place behind. I can't stand this enchantment anymore, I can't stand being bewitched like this-- when I look at you, my gaze turns to nothing but a mirror of light, I'll stare at you hypnotized for ages, and when I stop seeing you I'll feel you, and when I stop feeling you I'll die."]



















