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Mean Quotes by Franz Kafka
- Writing means revealing oneself to excess.
- One can disintegrate the world by means of very strong light. For weak eyes the world becomes solid, for still weaker eyes it seems to…
- Celibacy and suicide are a similar levels of understanding, suicide and a martyr's death not so by any means, perhaps marriage and a martyr's death.
- Writing sustains me. But wouldn’t it be better to say it sustains this kind of life? Which doesn't mean life is any better when I…
- Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
- Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
- My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat…
- Everyone carries a room about inside him. This fact can even be proved by means of the sense of hearing. If someone walks fast and…
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