“ But I will write in spite of everything, absolutely; it is my struggle for self-preservation. Franz Kafka
“ Away in the distance, a train appeared behind the trees, all its compartments were lit, the windows were sure to be open. One of us started singing a ballad, but we all wanted to sing. We sang far qui… Franz Kafka
“ It is, after all, not necessary to fly right into the middle of the sun, but it is necessary to crawl to a clean little spot on Earth where the sun sometimes shines and one can warm oneself a little. Franz Kafka
“ I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as… Franz Kafka
“ I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness. Franz Kafka
“ كتابة الرسائل .. تعني أن تعري نفسكَ أمام الأشباح ، و هو شيء لطالما كانوا ينتظرونه بفارغ الصبر. كتابة القُبل فيها لا يعني أنها ستصل إلى مكانها المقصود ، بينما على العكس ، يتخطفها الأشباح على طول الطريق… Franz Kafka
“ الألم يكمن في صدغي متربصًا، فهل كانت نبلة كيوبيد قد صوبت في اتجاه صدغي بدلًا من تصويبها نحو قلبي Franz Kafka
“ There is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak Franz Kafka
“ You must not pay too much attention to opinions. The written word is unalterable, and opinions are often only an expression of despair. Franz Kafka
“ There's no quiet place here on earth for our love, not in the village and not anywhere else, so I picture a grave, deep and narrow, in which we embrace as if clamped together, I bury my face against y… Franz Kafka
“ There am I. I cannot leave. I have nothing to complain about. I do not suffer excessively, for I do not suffer consistently, it does not pile up, at least I do not feel it for the time being, and the… Franz Kafka
“ The main thing, when a sword cuts into one’s soul, is to keep a calm gaze, lose no blood, accept the coldness of the sword with the coldness of a stone. By means of the stab, after the stab, become in… Franz Kafka
“ The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great misfortune has occurred. Franz Kafka
“ The correspondence on this subject brings one again and again to the conclusion that you're united by an all but sacramental indissoluble marriage (...) to your husband, and I by a similar marriage to… Franz Kafka
“ So perhaps the best resource is to meet everything passively, to make yourself an inert mass, to stare at others with the eyes of an animal, to feel no compunction, with your own hand to throttle down… Franz Kafka
“ Now, quite apart from the fact that the doors were locked, should he really call out for help? In spite of all his distress, he was unable to suppress a smile at this idea. Franz Kafka
“ Next time I come here, he said to himself, I must either bring sweets with me to make them like me or a stick to hit them with. Franz Kafka
“ My doubts stand in a circle around every word, I see them before I see the word, but what then! I do not see the word at all, I invent it. Franz Kafka
“ Lo raro es que, cuando uno se despierta por la mañana, por lo menos en líneas generales vuelve a encontrar las cosas en el mismo estado en que estaban por la noche. Sin embargo, durante el sueño uno s… Franz Kafka
