lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings

my dear, i will always be this tender for you

shelley duvall in the shining (1980) dir. stanley kubrick

I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.

Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

[ID: 2 snippets from plays. The first is dialogue between Agamemnon and Klytemnestra. Agamemnon says, “Klytemnestra, I need you to listen — Klytemnestra.” Klytemnestra says, “She was a part of my body.” Agamemnon says, “I don’t want to do it.” Klytemnestra replies, “Then don’t do it.” The second is dialogue between Creon and Chorus. Creon says, “The task is there to be done. They say it’s dirty work. But if I didn’t do it, who would?“ Chorus replies, “Why must dirty work be done? … And now you are alone, Creon.” This is followed by the stage direction, “(He turns and faces away from Creon.)” End ID.]