I lack nothing. I only needed myself.
FRANZ KAFKADo 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.
More Franz Kafka Quotes
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Evil is whatever distracts.
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Nothing unites two people so completely, especially if, like you and me, all they have is words.
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Please — consider me a dream.
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Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.
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Now I can look at you in peace; I don’t eat you any more.
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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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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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Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
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I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.
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Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.
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You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart; imagine my heartbeat when you are in this state.
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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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What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.
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The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.
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A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.
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