لو أمكنني أن أستغرق في النوم كما أغرق في خوفي علي هذا النحو فلن أكون حينئذ علي قيد الحياة
Why then do you fear love in particular more than earthly existence in general? Kafka replied as if from an astral distance: You write: ‘Why be more afraid of love than of other things in life?’ And j...
People under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins.
Once more the odious courtesies began, the first handed the knife across K. to the second, who handed it across K. back again to the first. K. now perceived clearly that he was supposed to seize the k...
O God, he thought, what a demanding job I’ve chosen! Day in, day out on the road. The stresses of trade are much greater than the work going on at head office, and, in addition to that, I have to deal...
Mientras estaba tendido allí, a un paso de mí yacía un escarabajo, patas arriba, desesperado. No podía enderezarse, me habría gustado ayudarlo, era tan fácil hacerlo, bastaba un paso y un empujoncito...
It's characteristic of this judicial system that a man is condemned not only when he's innocent but also in ignorance.
It is to us artisans and tradesmen that the salvation of the fatherland is entrusted; but we are not equal to such a task; never, indeed, have we claimed that we were capable of performing it. It is a...
I repeat: there was no attraction for me in imitating human beings; I imitated them because I needed a way out, and for no other reason.
I can’t feel a thing; All mournful petal storms are dancing inside the very private spring of my head.
How are we to avoid those in office becoming deeply corrupt when everything is devoid of meaning?
Guilt is never to be doubted.
Evidentemente, soy muy ignorante, la verdad es esa, y es muy triste para mi, pero esto supone una ventaja: El ignorante osa a más cosas. También estoy preparado para soportar todavía un poco la ignora...
Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair. Just when everything seems over with, new forces come marching up, and precisely that means that you are alive. And if they don't, then ev...
Cascar una nuez no es realmente un arte, y en consecuencia nadie se atrevería a congregar un auditorio para entretenerle cascando nueces. Pero si lo hace y logra su propósito, entonces ya no se trata...
Asking questions were the most important thing.
You once said that you would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen, in that case I could not write at all. For writing means revealing oneself to excess; that utmost of self-revelation and surre...
[He] used to be soinsignificant that one literally felt alone in his presence.
I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.
Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.