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.
FRANZ KAFKAThe right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.
More Franz Kafka Quotes
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I 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.
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My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
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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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I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.
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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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You misinterpret everything, even the silence.
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Forget everything. Open the windows. Clear the room. The wind blows through it. You see only its emptiness, you search in every corner and don’t find yourself.
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All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.
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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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Love is a drama of contradictions.
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They say ignorance is bliss, they’re wrong
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You are the knife I turn inside myself; that is love. That, my dear, is love.
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I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.
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I am a cage, in search of a bird.
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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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