Franz Kafka Quotes, Powerful Quotes, Writing Quotes

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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Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.

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I am a cage, in search of a bird.

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I am a retiring, silent, unsociable, and discontent person.

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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.

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No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

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The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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Palestine needs earth, but it does not need lawyers.

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The whole visible world is perhaps nothing more than the rationalization of a man who wants to find peace for a moment.

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I don't know who the great lawyers are, and I presume you can't get to them. I know of no case where it can be said for certain that they took part. They defend some people, but you can't get them to do that through your own efforts, they only defend the ones they want to defend. But I assume a case they take on must have progressed beyond the lower court. It's better not to think of them at all, otherwise you'll find the consultations with the other lawyers, their advice and their assistance, extremely disgusting and useless.

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The delights of this life are not its own, but our fear of the ascent into a higher life; the torments of this life are not its own, but our self-torment because of that fear.

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No one can crave what truly harms him.

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Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.

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Written kisses never arrive at their destination; the ghosts drink them up along the way.

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Utterance does not in principle mean a weakening of conviction--that would not be anything to be deplored--but a weakness of conviction.

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He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.

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What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.

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First impressions are always unreliable.

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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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If they were shocked, then Gregor had no further responsibility and could be calm. But if they took everything calmly, he he, too, had no reason to get excited and could, if he hurried, actually be at the station by eight o'clock.

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