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Franz Kafka Quotes

You need not even listen, just wait... the world will offer itself freely to you, unmasking itself Picture Quote #1

Like tired dogs they stand there, because they use up all their strength in remaining upright in one’s memory Picture Quote #1

Ours is a lost generation, it may be, but it is more blameless than those earlier generations Picture Quote #1

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world Picture Quote #1

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law Picture Quote #1

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well Picture Quote #1

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We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt Picture Quote #1

Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from their silence, certainly never Picture Quote #1

One has just been sent out as a biblical dove, has found nothing green, and slips back into the darkness of the Ark Picture Quote #1

Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested Picture Quote #1

I dream of a grave, deep and narrow, where we could clasp each other in our arms as with clamps, and I would hide my face in you and you would hide your face in me, and nobody would ever see us any more Picture Quote #1

People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as ‘nauseatingly miserable beyond repair’ Picture Quote #1

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The dream reveals the reality which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life-the terror of art Picture Quote #1

[Love] has as few problems as a motocar. The only problems are the driver, the passengers, and the road Picture Quote #1

Picasso only registers the deformities which have not yet penetrated our consciousness. Art is a mirror which goes ‘fast’ like a watch - sometimes Picture Quote #1

If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us Picture Quote #1

It’s sometimes quite astonishing that a single, average life is enough to encompass so much that it’s at all possible ever to have any success in one’s work here Picture Quote #1

From the true antagonist illimitable courage is transmitted to you. To what indifference people may come, to what profound conviction of having lost the right track forever Picture Quote #1

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I can once more carry on a conversation with myself, and don’t stare so into complete emptiness. Only in this way is there any possibility of improvement for me Picture Quote #1

You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart; imagine my heartbeat when you are in this state Picture Quote #1

You can choose to be free , but it’s last decision you’ll ever make Picture Quote #1

People who walk across dark bridges, past saints,with dim, small lights.Clouds which move across gray skiespast churcheswith towers darkened in the dusk.One who leans against granite railinggazing into the evening waters,His hands resting on old stones Picture Quote #1

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself Picture Quote #1

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it Picture Quote #1

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler Picture Quote #1

There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship Picture Quote #1

To animalise is humane, to humanise is animal Picture Quote #1

I passed by the brothel as though past the house of a beloved Picture Quote #1

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You need not even listen, just wait... the world will offer itself freely to you, unmasking itself (Franz Kafka Quotes) Like tired dogs they stand there, because they use up all their strength in remaining upright in one’s memory (Franz Kafka Quotes) Ours is a lost generation, it may be, but it is more blameless than those earlier generations (Franz Kafka Quotes) How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world (Franz Kafka Quotes) It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law (Franz Kafka Quotes) My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well (Franz Kafka Quotes) We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt (Franz Kafka Quotes) Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from their silence, certainly never (Franz Kafka Quotes) One has just been sent out as a biblical dove, has found nothing green, and slips back into the darkness of the Ark (Franz Kafka Quotes) Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested (Franz Kafka Quotes) I dream of a grave, deep and narrow, where we could clasp each other in our arms as with clamps, and I would hide my face in you and you would hide your face in me, and nobody would ever see us any more (Franz Kafka Quotes) People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as ‘nauseatingly miserable beyond repair’ (Franz Kafka Quotes) The dream reveals the reality which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life-the terror of art (Franz Kafka Quotes) [Love] has as few problems as a motocar. The only problems are the driver, the passengers, and the road (Franz Kafka Quotes) Picasso only registers the deformities which have not yet penetrated our consciousness. Art is a mirror which goes ‘fast’ like a watch - sometimes (Franz Kafka Quotes) If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us (Franz Kafka Quotes) It’s sometimes quite astonishing that a single, average life is enough to encompass so much that it’s at all possible ever to have any success in one’s work here. (Franz Kafka Quotes) From the true antagonist illimitable courage is transmitted to you. To what indifference people may come, to what profound conviction of having lost the right track forever. (Franz Kafka Quotes) I can once more carry on a conversation with myself, and don’t stare so into complete emptiness. Only in this way is there any possibility of improvement for me. (Franz Kafka Quotes) You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart; imagine my heartbeat when you are in this state. (Franz Kafka Quotes) You can choose to be free , but it’s last decision you’ll ever make (Franz Kafka Quotes) People who walk across dark bridges, past saints,with dim, small lights.Clouds which move across gray skiespast churcheswith towers darkened in the dusk.One who leans against granite railinggazing into the evening waters,His hands resting on old stones. (Franz Kafka Quotes) One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so. (Franz Kafka Quotes) 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 (Franz Kafka Quotes) By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself (Franz Kafka Quotes) In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it (Franz Kafka Quotes) The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler (Franz Kafka Quotes) There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship (Franz Kafka Quotes) To animalise is humane, to humanise is animal (Franz Kafka Quotes) I passed by the brothel as though past the house of a beloved (Franz Kafka Quotes)

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