The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.
FRANZ KAFKAThe right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.
FRANZ KAFKAI am in chains. Don’t touch my chains.
FRANZ KAFKAMay I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
FRANZ KAFKAI have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.
FRANZ KAFKAAs Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
FRANZ KAFKAFrom a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
FRANZ KAFKAShould 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.
FRANZ KAFKAThere is an infinite amount of hope in the universe, but not for us.
FRANZ KAFKASleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty.
FRANZ KAFKAI lack nothing. I only needed myself.
FRANZ KAFKAWas 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 KAFKAHe was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.
FRANZ KAFKAI 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.
FRANZ KAFKALast 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.
FRANZ KAFKAMy guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
FRANZ KAFKAYouth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
FRANZ KAFKA