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Franz Kafka Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me Picture Quote #1

It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable 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

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

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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

Our art is a way of being dazzled by truth: the light on the grotesquely grimacing retreating face is true, and nothing else Picture Quote #1

The cruelty of death lies in the fact that it brings the real sorrow of the end, but not the end. The greatest cruelty of death: an apparent end causes a real sorrow. Our salvation is death, but not this one Picture Quote #1

In a certain sense you deny the existence of this world. You explain life as a state of rest, a state of rest in motion Picture Quote #1

Knowledge we have. Anyone who strives for it with particular intensity is suspect of striving against it Picture Quote #1

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Believing means liberating the indestructible element in oneself, or, more accurately, liberating oneself, or, more accurately, being indestructible, or, more accurately, being Picture Quote #1

The existence of the writer is an argument against the existence of the soul, for the soul has obviously taken flight from the real ego, but not improved itself, only become a writer Picture Quote #1

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie Picture Quote #1

I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness Picture Quote #1

There is a destination but no way there; what we refer to as way is hesitation Picture Quote #1

I am on the hunt for constructions. I come into a room and find them whitely merging in a corner Picture Quote #1

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We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us Picture Quote #1

Two tasks at the beginning of your life: to narrow your orbit more and more, and ever and again to check whether you are not in hiding somewhere outside your orbit Picture Quote #1

Written kisses don’t reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts Picture Quote #1

I am away from home and must always write home, even if any home of mine has long since floated away into eternity Picture Quote #1

Writing is a deeper sleep than death. Just as one wouldn’t pull a corpse from its grave, I can’t be dragged from my desk at night Picture Quote #1

They did not know what we can now sense as we contemplate the course of history: that change begins in the soul before it shows in our lives Picture Quote #1

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Art flies around truth, but with the definite intention of not getting burnt. Its capacity lies in finding in the dark void a place where the beam of light can be intensely caught, without this having been perceptible before Picture Quote #1

You see, I have only such a fugitive awareness of things around me that I always feel they were once real and are now fleeting away Picture Quote #1

Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live Picture Quote #1

The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other Picture Quote #1

I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 (Franz Kafka Quotes) Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me (Franz Kafka Quotes) It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable (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) 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) Our art is a way of being dazzled by truth: the light on the grotesquely grimacing retreating face is true, and nothing else (Franz Kafka Quotes) The cruelty of death lies in the fact that it brings the real sorrow of the end, but not the end. The greatest cruelty of death: an apparent end causes a real sorrow. Our salvation is death, but not this one (Franz Kafka Quotes) In a certain sense you deny the existence of this world. You explain life as a state of rest, a state of rest in motion (Franz Kafka Quotes) Knowledge we have. Anyone who strives for it with particular intensity is suspect of striving against it (Franz Kafka Quotes) Believing means liberating the indestructible element in oneself, or, more accurately, liberating oneself, or, more accurately, being indestructible, or, more accurately, being (Franz Kafka Quotes) The existence of the writer is an argument against the existence of the soul, for the soul has obviously taken flight from the real ego, but not improved itself, only become a writer (Franz Kafka Quotes) There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie (Franz Kafka Quotes) I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness (Franz Kafka Quotes) There is a destination but no way there; what we refer to as way is hesitation (Franz Kafka Quotes) I am on the hunt for constructions. I come into a room and find them whitely merging in a corner (Franz Kafka Quotes) We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us (Franz Kafka Quotes) Two tasks at the beginning of your life: to narrow your orbit more and more, and ever and again to check whether you are not in hiding somewhere outside your orbit (Franz Kafka Quotes) Written kisses don’t reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts (Franz Kafka Quotes) I am away from home and must always write home, even if any home of mine has long since floated away into eternity (Franz Kafka Quotes) Writing is a deeper sleep than death. Just as one wouldn’t pull a corpse from its grave, I can’t be dragged from my desk at night (Franz Kafka Quotes) They did not know what we can now sense as we contemplate the course of history: that change begins in the soul before it shows in our lives (Franz Kafka Quotes) Art flies around truth, but with the definite intention of not getting burnt. Its capacity lies in finding in the dark void a place where the beam of light can be intensely caught, without this having been perceptible before (Franz Kafka Quotes) You see, I have only such a fugitive awareness of things around me that I always feel they were once real and are now fleeting away (Franz Kafka Quotes) Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live (Franz Kafka Quotes) The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other (Franz Kafka Quotes) I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength (Franz Kafka Quotes) 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 (Franz Kafka Quotes)

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