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

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I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like... Franz Kafka
I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like... Franz Kafka
...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of someone we love more than ourselves, that make us feel as though we were on the verge of suicide, or lost in a forest remote from all human habitation - a book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka
We need the books that affect us like 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
What we must have are those books which come upon us like ill fortune, and distress us deeply, like the death of one we love better than ourselves; like suicide. A book must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us. Franz Kafka
I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn’t shake us awake like a blow to the skull, why bother reading it in the first place? So it can make us happy? Good God, we’d be just as happy if we had no books at all… A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "What we need are books that hit us like a painful misfortune...."
What we need are books that hit us like a painful misfortune. A book should be an ice-axe to break the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka
One should only read books which bite and sting one. If the book we are reading does not wake us up with a blow to the head, what's the point in reading? A book must be the axe which smashes the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us."
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "A book must be the ax for the frozen sea inside us."
A book must be the ax for the frozen sea inside us. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us."
A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us."
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "A book is an ax for the frozen sea within."
A book is an ax for the frozen sea within. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "A book ought to be an ice pick to break up the frozen sea..."
A book ought to be an ice pick to break up the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka quote: "A book must be a hatchet with which we chop at the frozen seas..."
A book must be a hatchet with which we chop at the frozen seas inside us. Franz Kafka

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