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I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.

Franz Kafka

The Kafka paradox: art depends on truth, but truth, being indivisable, cannot know itself: to tell the truth is to lie. Thus the writer is the truth, and yet when he speaks he lies.
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Art Deep Lying Philosophy Talk Truth Writing
It certainly was not my intention to make you suffer, yet I have done so; obviously it never will be my intention to make you suffer, yet I shall always do so.
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Myself Suffering Yourself
People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as ‘nauseatingly miserable beyond repair’.
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Misery People
It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.
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Philosophy Stupidity
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.
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Darkness Deep Different Myself Talk Thinking Writing
Do you know, darling? When you became involved with others you quite possibly stepped down a level or two, but If you become involved with me, you will be throwing yourself into the abyss.
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Possible Quite Yourself
Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.
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Beyond Inspirational Return
The limited circle is pure.
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Limitation Pure
What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.
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Escape Forget Myself
Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.
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Cold Deep Oneself Philosophy Solitude Writing
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.
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Acceptance Lying Necessary Principle True
The person I am in the company of my sisters has been entirely different from the person I am in the company of other people. Fearless, powerful, surprising, moved as I otherwise am only when I write.
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Company Different Fear Myself People Person Powerful Writing
Now I can look at you in peace; I don’t eat you any more.
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Eat Myself Peace Yourself
I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.
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Myself Reading Time
Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.
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Determination Live Logic Man
Love is, that you are the knife which I plunge into myself.
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Deep Love Myself

I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.

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