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Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.

Franz Kafka

The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.
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Breathe Experience Fight Laughter Rise Truth
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.
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Book One Liner Sea
I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.
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Let Go Myself Problem
Should I be grateful or should I curse the fact that despite all misfortune I can still feel love, an unearthly love but still for earthly objects.
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Feeling Fortune Grateful Love Myself
Nothing unites two people so completely, especially if, like you and me, all they have is words.
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People Unity Word
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
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
Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
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Believe Deep Success
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
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Choice Freedom Happiness Leaving Listen Need Quiet Simplicity Wait World Yourself
My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
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Doubt Guilty Myself Principle
Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.
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Beyond Inspirational Return
We photograph things in order to drive them out of our minds. My stories are a way of shutting my eyes.
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Eyes Mindset Myself Ourselves Photograph Story
The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.
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Right Science Understand
Paths are made by walking
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Inspirational Path Walk
Hold fast to the diary from today on! Write regularly! Don’t surrender! Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it every moment.
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Hold Moments Myself Worth Writing
All language is but a poor translation.
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Language One Liner Poor

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.

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