Love is, that you are the knife which I plunge into myself.
FRANZ KAFKA
May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
More Franz Kafka Quotes
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Love is, that you are the knife which I plunge into myself.
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No, said the priest, you don’t need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary. Depressing view, said K. The lie made into the rule of the world.
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In man’s struggle against the world, bet on the world.
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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 can love only what I can place so high above me that I cannot reach it.
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From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
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You can choose to be free , but it’s last decision you’ll ever make
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Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.
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He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.
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Evil is whatever distracts.
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I am always trying to convey something that can’t be conveyed, to explain something which is inexplicable, to tell about something I have in my bones, something which can be expressed only in the bones.
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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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Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
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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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I am in chains. Don’t touch my chains.
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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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