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Franz Kafka Quotes

«This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer»
«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.»
«...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of a person 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 ax for the frozen sea within us.»
Author: Franz Kafka (Writer) | About: Books
«There will be no proof that I ever was a writer»
Author: Franz Kafka (Writer)
«What have I in common with Jews? I have hardly anything in common with myself»
Author: Franz Kafka (Writer) | Keywords: hardly, in common, Jews, Jews as
«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.»
«My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.»
Author: Franz Kafka (Writer) | Keywords: doubted, guiding
«My ''fear''... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.»
«In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.»
«I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things»

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