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Franz Kafka quotes

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

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Franz Kafka quote: "You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart."
You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably..."
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man..."
Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith."
Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith. Franz Kafka
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
Franz Kafka quote: "So then you’re free?’ ‘Yes, I’m free,’ said Karl, and nothing..."
So then you’re free?’ ‘Yes, I’m free,’ said Karl, and nothing seemed more worthless than his freedom. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to..."
A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is..."
One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. Franz Kafka
That's how it will be, except that in reality, both today and later, one will stand there with a palpable body and a real head, a real forehead, that is, for smiting on with one's hand. Franz Kafka
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random..."
Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence. Franz Kafka
The true way leads along a tight-rope, which is not stretched aloft but just above the ground. It seems designed more to trip one than to be walked along. Franz Kafka
His biggest misgiving came from his concern about the loud crash that was bound to occur and would probably create, if not terror, at least anxiety behind all the doors. But that would have to be risked. Franz Kafka
A Little Fable"Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must ... Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that..."
I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man. Franz Kafka

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