“ This perversion of the truth, familiar to the artist though it was, always unnerved him afresh and proved too much for him. What was a consequence of the premature ending of his fast was here presente… Franz Kafka
“ Thin, without fever, not cold, not warm, with empty eyes, without a shirt, the young man under the stuffed quilt heaves himself up, hangs around my throat and whispers in my ear, Doctor, let me die. Franz Kafka
“ They did not know what we can now sense as we contemplate the course of history: that change begins in the soul before it shows in our lives... Franz Kafka
“ Then birds flew up like a shower of sparks, I followed them with my eyes and saw how they rose in a single breath, until they seemed no longer to be rising but I to be falling... Franz Kafka
“ The main thing holding the family back from a change in living quarters was far more their complete hopelessness and the idea that they had been struck by a misfortune like no one else in their entire… Franz Kafka
“ Teoricamente, só há uma possibilidade perfeita de felicidade: acreditar no indestrutível em si sem a ele aspirar. Franz Kafka
“ Only those burdened with a common affliction understand each other. Thanks to their affliction they constitute a circle and provide each other mutual support. They glide along the inner borders of the… Franz Kafka
“ One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous bug… Franz Kafka
“ One has either to take people as they are, or leave them as they are. One cannot change them, one can merely disturb their balance. A human being, after all, is not made up of single pieces, from whic… Franz Kafka
“ One does not have to believe everything is true, one only has to believe it is necessary. Franz Kafka
“ Of course I'm ignorant, that remains true at all events and is extremely distressing for me, but it does have the advantage that the ignorant man dares more, so I shall gladly put up with ignorance an… Franz Kafka
“ My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance, how a young man can decide to ride over to th… Franz Kafka
“ My dear parents, said the sister banging her hand on the table by way of an introduction, things cannot go on any longer in this way. Maybe if you don’t understand that, well, I do. I will not utter m… Franz Kafka
“ Logic is of course unshakeable, but it cannot hold out against a man who wants to live. Franz Kafka
“ Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm. Franz Kafka
“ It seems to be a fact that man, tortured by his demons, avenges himself blindly on his fellow-man. Franz Kafka
“ It isn’t easy to understand exactly what she is saying, for one doesn’t know whether she is speaking ironically or seriously, it’s mostly serious, but sounds ironic. - Stop interpreting everything! sa… Franz Kafka
“ It is truly no feat to crack a nut, and therefore no one would think to gather an audience for the purpose of entertaining them with nutcracking. But if he should do so, and if he should succeed in hi… Franz Kafka
“ Inspiraţia de un anume tip, pe care eu, cel mai fericit şi mai nefericit, o am acum, la două noaptea, când mă duc la culcare (ea va persista, poate, numai să suport să mă gândesc la ea, căci este supe… Franz Kafka
