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I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.

Franz Kafka

Nothing unites two people so completely, especially if, like you and me, all they have is words.
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People Unity Word
It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.
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Death Himself Kill Philosophy
You can choose to be free , but it’s last decision you’ll ever make
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Choice Decision Freedom Yourself
There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.
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Art Patience Sin
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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Company Different Fear Myself People Person Powerful Writing
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
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Believe Creation Desire Existence Passion
Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
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Believe Deep Success
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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Dream Myself Night Remember Yourself
You are the knife I turn inside myself; that is love. That, my dear, is love.
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Love Yourself
This tremendous world I have inside of me. How to free myself, and this world, without tearing myself to pieces. And rather tear myself to a thousand pieces than be buried with this world within me.
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Freedom Myself Philosophy Pieces World
Slept, awoke, slept, awoke, miserable life.
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Life Wake Up
It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.’ ‘A melancholy conclusion,’ said K. ‘It turns lying into a universal principle.
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Acceptance Lying Necessary Principle True
Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.
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Beyond Inspirational Return
Most men are not wicked, They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.
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Deep Evil Man Walk
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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Avoid Freedom Hold Nature Suffering World Yourself
I am in chains. Don’t touch my chains.
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Myself Touch
He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.
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Himself Slave
Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.
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Moments Myself Worth
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
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Book Philosophy Yourself
Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.
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Deep Material Need Philosophy
Love is, that you are the knife which I plunge into myself.
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Deep Love Myself
We photograph things in order to drive them out of our minds. My stories are a way of shutting my eyes.
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Eyes Mindset Myself Ourselves Photograph Story
In man’s struggle against the world, bet on the world.
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Man Struggle World
All language is but a poor translation.
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Language One Liner Poor
He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.
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Afraid Death Deep Himself Live
May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
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Kiss Misery Myself Night Paper Yourself
I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.
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Feeling Forever Hands Myself Thinking

I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.

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