I want in fact more of you. In my mind I am dressing you with light; I am wrapping you up in blankets of complete acceptance and then I give myself to you. I long for you; I who usually long without l...
I ought to be able to invent words capable of blowing the odor of corpses in a direction other than straight into mine and the reader's face.
I am dirty, Milena, endlessly dirty, that is why I make such a fuss about cleanliness. None sing as purely as those in deepest hell; it is their singing we take for the singing of angels.
He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.
Fragen war die Hauptsache
First of all, I am delighted that you are a vegetarian at heart. I don’t like strict vegetarians all that much, because I too am almost a vegetarian, and see nothing particularly likable about it, jus...
Das Gericht will nichts von Dir. Es nimmt Dich auf wenn Du kommst und es entläßt Dich wenn du gehst.
Calm —indeed the calmest— reflection might be better than the most confused decisions
And it really was kind of the moon to shine on me, too, and out of modesty I was about to place myself under the arch of the tower bridge when it occurred to me that the moon, of course, shone on ever...
And I leave my post of observation and find I have had enough of this outside life; I feel that there is nothing more that I can learn here, either now or at any time. And I long to say a last goodbye...
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
I believe that we should only read those books that bite and sting us. If a book does not rouse us with a blow then why read it?
It is only because of their stupidity that they are able to be so sure of themselves.
One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.
I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.
Love is a drama of contradictions.
إنه لمما يؤلم غاية الألم أن يُحكم المرءُ بناءً على قوانين لا يعرفها
It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into a universal principle.
Why was Gregor the only one condemned to work in a firm where, at the slightest lapse, someone immediately attracted the greatest suspicion?
Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light.