English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:
Franz Kafka Quotes

Franz Kafka quotes

Austrian Novelist, Writer July 3, 1883 – June 3, 1924

Franz Kafka quotes in french
Franz Kafka quotes in russian
Franz Kafka quotes in german
 Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

Franz Kafka quote: "There is infinite hope. But not for us."
There is infinite hope. But not for us. Franz Kafka
There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses is the Evil in the spiritual world, and what we call Evil is only the necessity of a moment in our eternal evolution. Franz Kafka
And so gentlemen, I learned. Oh, if you have to learn, you learn; if you’re desperate for a way out, you learn; you learn pitilessly. You stand over yourself with a whip in your hand; if there’s the least resistance, you lash yourself. Franz Kafka
There they lay, but not in the forgetfulness of the previous night. She was seeking and he was seeking, they raged and contorted their faces and bored their heads into each others bosom in the urgency of seeking something, and their embraces and their tossing limbs did not avail to make them forget, but only reminded them of what they sought Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well..."
May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "One has just been sent out as a biblical dove, has found..."
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
seven o'clock. To catch that one, he would have to go in a mad rush. The sample collection wasn't packed up yet, and he really didn't feel particularly fresh and active. And even if he caught the train, there w Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "Writing is prayer."
Writing is prayer. Franz Kafka
They were given the chance of becoming kings or the kings' messengers. As is the way with children, they all wanted to be messengers. That is why there are only messengers, racing through the world and, since there are no kings, calling out to each other the messages have now become meaningless. Franz Kafka
The truth is always an abyss. One must? as in a swimming pool? dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again? laughing and fighting for breath? to the now doubly illuminated surface of things. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "Books are a narcotic."
Books are a narcotic. Franz Kafka
I weigh my past against my future, but find them both admirable, cannot give either the preference, and find nothing to grumble at save the injustice of Providence that has so clearly favored me. Franz Kafka
Last night I dreamt 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 somehow you caught fire. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "Literature is an axe for the frozen sea around us."
Literature is an axe for the frozen sea around us. Franz Kafka
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

Popular Author

Related Authors