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.
FRANZ KAFKA
People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as ‘nauseatingly miserable beyond repair’.
More Franz Kafka Quotes
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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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Paths are made by walking
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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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I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.
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The limited circle is pure.
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I lack nothing. I only needed myself.
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A First Sign of the Beginning of Understanding is the Wish to Die.
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Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.
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Love is a drama of contradictions.
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Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
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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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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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My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
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They’re talking about things of which they don’t have the slightest understanding, anyway. It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.
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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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