--- title: "11 Book reading Quotes By Franz Kafka" description: "11 Book reading quotes by Franz Kafka. Plus more from Franz Kafka and more Book reading sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/franz-kafka-214_book_a-book-must-be-an-ice-axe-to-break-the-s_2600416.jpg" --- > [A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/a-book-must-be-an-ice-axe-to-break-the-seas-frozen-inside-our-soul/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/franz-kafka-214_book_a-book-must-be-an-ice-axe-to-break-the-s_2600416.jpg) > [If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake-us-as-with-a-fist-hammering/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/franz-kafka-214_book_if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake_219081.jpg) > [“If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/if-the-book-we-re-reading-doesn-t-wake-us-up-with-a-blow-on-the-head/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/franz-kafka-214_book_if-the-book-we-re-reading-doesn-t-wake-u_435569.jpg) > [I believe that we should read only those books that bite and sting us. If a book we are reading does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/i-believe-that-we-should-read-only-those-books-that-bite-and-sting-us/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/franz-kafka-214_believe_i-believe-that-we-should-read-only-those_344460.jpg) > [“Altogether, I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn't shake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/altogether-i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-books-that-bite-and-sting-us-2/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/franz-kafka-214_books_altogether-i-think-we-ought-to-read-only_1591648.jpg) > [I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-of-books-that-wound-and-stab/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/franz-kafka-214_blow_i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-o_702899.jpg) > [If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake-us-as-with-a-fist-hammering-3/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/franz-kafka-214_awakening_if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake_1782034.jpg) > [“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-of-books-that-wound-and-stab-2/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/franz-kafka-214_book_i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-o_2645106.jpg) > [“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-of-books-that-wound-or-stab-us/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/franz-kafka-214_book_i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-o_2438116.jpg) > [“If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skulls, then why do we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake-us-as-with-a-fist-hammering-2/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/franz-kafka-214_book_if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake_861685.jpg) > [“Altogether, I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn’t shake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/altogether-i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-books-that-bite-and-sting-us/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/franz-kafka-214_books_altogether-i-think-we-ought-to-read-only_411046.jpg) ## Other authors on Book reading - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-reading/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-reading/amit-kalantri/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-reading/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Franz Kafka > [ “The tremendous world I have inside my head. But how \[to\] free myself and free it without being torn to pieces. And a thousand… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/the-tremendous-world-i-have-inside-my-head-but-how-to-free-myself-and/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [What I write is different from what I say, what I say is different from what I think, what I think is different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/what-i-write-is-different-from-what-i-say-what-i-say-is-different/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [“A fine setting for a fit of despair,” it occurred to him, “if I were only standing here by accident instead of design.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/a-fine-setting-for-a-fit-of-despair-it-occurred-to-him-if-i-were-only/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [“Ali svi se slažu u tome da se ne podižu lakomislene optužbe i da se sud, kad jedanput nekog optuži i kad je uvjeren…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/ali-svi-se-sla-u-u-tome-da-se-ne-podi-u-lakomislene-optu-be-i-da-se/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [My job is unbearable to me because it conflicts with my only desire and my only calling, which is literature. Since I am nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/my-job-is-unbearable-to-me-because-it-conflicts-with-my-only-desire/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [Faith, like a guillotine. As heavy, as light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/faith-like-a-guillotine-as-heavy-as-light/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [You need not even listen, just wait...the world will offer itself freely to you, unmasking itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/you-need-not-even-listen-just-wait-the-world-will-offer-itself-freely/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [“I will cross hundreds of seas and oceans without sinking to reach you, see your eyes and sink completely into their depths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/i-will-cross-hundreds-of-seas-and-oceans-without-sinking-to-reach-you/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [I have no memory for things I have learned, nor things I have read, nor things experienced or heard, neither for people nor events;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/i-have-no-memory-for-things-i-have-learned-nor-things-i-have-read-nor/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [“This sounds crazy, but it is so. Nor is it perhaps really love when I say that for me you are the most beloved;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/this-sounds-crazy-but-it-is-so-nor-is-it-perhaps-really-love-when-i/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [The more horses you yoke the quicker everything will go - not the rending of the block from its foundation, which is impossible, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/the-more-horses-you-yoke-the-quicker-everything-will-go-not-the/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/martyrs-do-not-underrate-the-body-they-allow-it-to-be-elevated-on-the/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [The true way goes over a line that, rather than spanning heights, is hardly above the ground. It appears more decidedly to make one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/the-true-way-goes-over-a-line-that-rather-than-spanning-heights-is/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [Every new discovery is assumed at once into the sum total of knowledge, and with that ceases in a sense to be a discovery;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/every-new-discovery-is-assumed-at-once-into-the-sum-total-of/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) > [“Sou de pedra. Sou a minha própria pedra tumular, sem nenhum interstício para a dúvida ou para a fé, para o amor ou para…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/sou-de-pedra-sou-a-minha-pr-pria-pedra-tumular-sem-nenhum-interst-cio/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-reading/franz-kafka/#itemlist", "name": "11 Book reading Quotes By Franz Kafka", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Franz Kafka" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/a-book-must-be-an-ice-axe-to-break-the-seas-frozen-inside-our-soul/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/franz-kafka-214_book_a-book-must-be-an-ice-axe-to-break-the-s_2600416.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/franz-kafka-214_book_a-book-must-be-an-ice-axe-to-break-the-s_2600416.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/franz-kafka-214_book_a-book-must-be-an-ice-axe-to-break-the-s_2600416.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.” — Franz Kafka", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Franz Kafka" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake-us-as-with-a-fist-hammering/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/franz-kafka-214_book_if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake_219081.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/franz-kafka-214_book_if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake_219081.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/franz-kafka-214_book_if-the-book-we-are-reading-does-not-wake_219081.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it?” — Franz Kafka", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Franz Kafka" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/if-the-book-we-re-reading-doesn-t-wake-us-up-with-a-blow-on-the-head/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/franz-kafka-214_book_if-the-book-we-re-reading-doesn-t-wake-u_435569.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/franz-kafka-214_book_if-the-book-we-re-reading-doesn-t-wake-u_435569.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/franz-kafka-214_book_if-the-book-we-re-reading-doesn-t-wake-u_435569.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for.” — Franz Kafka", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that we should read only those books that bite and sting us. 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That is my belief.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Franz Kafka" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-of-books-that-wound-or-stab-us/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/franz-kafka-214_book_i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-o_2438116.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/franz-kafka-214_book_i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-o_2438116.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/franz-kafka-214_book_i-think-we-ought-to-read-only-the-kind-o_2438116.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. 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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 that it can make us happy, as you put it? Good God, we’d be just as happy if we had no books at all; books that make us happy we could, in a pinch, also write ourselves. What we need are books that hit us like a most painful misfortune, like the death of someone we loved more than we love ourselves, that make us feel as though we had been banished to the woods, far from any human presence, like suicide. A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us. 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