Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light.
FRANZ KAFKAIt 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.
More Franz Kafka Quotes
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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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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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I need solitude for my writing; not ‘like a hermit’ – that wouldn’t be enough – but like a dead man.
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Books are a narcotic.
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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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For myself I am too heavy, and for you too light.
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Kill me, or you are a murderer.
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Love is, that you are the knife which I plunge into myself.
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Nothing unites two people so completely, especially if, like you and me, all they have is words.
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What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.
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I am in chains. Don’t touch my chains.
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Last night I dreamed about you. What happened in detail I can hardly remember, all I know is that we kept merging into one another. I was you, you were me. Finally you somehow caught fire.
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Now I can look at you in peace; I don’t eat you any more.
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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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Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
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