Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.
FRANZ KAFKAI never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person.
More Franz Kafka Quotes
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In man’s struggle against the world, bet on the world.
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It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.
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I miss you deeply, unfathomably, senselessly, terribly.
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Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.
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Please — consider me a dream.
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Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
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I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.
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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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They say ignorance is bliss, they’re wrong
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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.
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A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.
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It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.
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Love is a drama of contradictions.
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You can choose to be free , but it’s last decision you’ll ever make
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You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.
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