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Rather Quotes by Franz Kafka
- The tremendous world I have inside my head. But how free myself and free it without being torn to pieces. And a thousand times rather…
- I made the remark that I don't avoid people in order to live quietly, but rather in order to be able to die quietly.
- Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
- By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.
- Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most…
- Written kisses don't reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts.
- This tremendous world I have inside of me. How to free myself, and this world, without tearing myself to pieces. And rather tear myself to…
- I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically…
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