“Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.”
— Franz Kafka
“How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense.”
— Franz Kafka
“We are as forlorn as children lost in the woods. When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs that are in me and what do I know of yours? And if I were to cast myself down before you and weep and tell you, what more would you know about me than you know about Hell when someone tells you it is hot and dreadful? For that reason alone we human beings ought to stand before one another as reverently, as reflectively, as lovingly, as we would before the entrance to Hell.”
— Franz Kafka
“Plenty of hope — for God — no end of hope — only not for us.”
— Franz Kafka
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
— Franz Kafka
“To fight against this lack of understanding, against a whole world of non-understanding, was impossible.”
— Franz Kafka
“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for?”
— Franz Kafka