I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.
FRANZ KAFKAI think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.
FRANZ KAFKAPeople label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as ‘nauseatingly miserable beyond repair’.
FRANZ KAFKAWritten kisses don’t reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts.
FRANZ KAFKAI have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.
FRANZ KAFKAForget 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.
FRANZ KAFKAAs Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
FRANZ KAFKAYouth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
FRANZ KAFKAEvil is whatever distracts.
FRANZ KAFKAFrom a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
FRANZ KAFKABeyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.
FRANZ KAFKABelieving in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
FRANZ KAFKAI lack nothing. I only needed myself.
FRANZ KAFKANothing unites two people so completely, especially if, like you and me, all they have is words.
FRANZ KAFKAThey say ignorance is bliss, they’re wrong
FRANZ KAFKAMy guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
FRANZ KAFKANow I can look at you in peace; I don’t eat you any more.
FRANZ KAFKA