“ لو أمكنني أن أستغرق في النوم كما أغرق في خوفي علي هذا النحو فلن أكون حينئذ علي قيد الحياة Franz Kafka
“ This afternoon the pain occasioned by my loneliness came upon me so piercingly and intensely that I became aware that the strength which I gain through this writing thus spends itself, a strength whic… Franz Kafka
“ The sister played so beautifully. Her face was tilted to one side and she followed the notes with soulful and probing eyes. Gregor advanced a little, keeping his eyes low so that they might possibly m… Franz Kafka
“ The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other. Franz Kafka
“ Sometimes I'm overcome with such an aversion to human beings that I can barely refrain from retching. Franz Kafka
“ My job is unbearable to me because it conflicts with my only desire and my only calling, which is literature. Since I am nothing but literature and can and want to be nothing else, my job will never t… Franz Kafka
“ It seems hard to remain a bachelor...to model your appearance and behaviour on one or two bachelors remembered from your youth. That is how it will be, only that in reality it will be you yourself sta… Franz Kafka
“ In her opinion her singing falls on deaf ears anyway; there is no lack of enthusiasm and applause, but she has long since given up hope of genuine understanding as she conceives it. Franz Kafka
“ If something good has lost its way into you, it will make its escape overnight. I know you. Franz Kafka
“ I'm not in the right place - alas, I cannot rid myself of the feeling that I'm not in the right place. Franz Kafka
“ Each of us has his own way of emerging from the underworld, mine is by writing. That's why the only way I can keep going, if at all, is by writing, not through rest and sleep. I am far more likely to… Franz Kafka