Books Quote by Franz Kafka

“Altogether, I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn’t shake us awake…

— Franz Kafka

I believe that we should read only those books that bite and sting us. If a book we are reading does not rouse us…

— Franz Kafka

I believe that we should only read those books that bite and sting us. If a book does not rouse us with a blow…

— Franz Kafka

“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us…

— 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…

— Franz Kafka

“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

Altogether, I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us.

— Anonymous

“For those of us with a bookish bent, reading is a reflexive response to everything. This is how we deal with the world and…

— Diane Schoemperlen

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…

— Franz Kafka

“At some point in reading, we realize we have to read not just the books that we'd enjoy, but the books that move us,…

— Nema Al-Araby

“Books, after all, do not have the same impact whenever we read them.”

— Donald Sassoon

“Books should grow the soul - while the reader has a little fun along the way.”

— A.K. Frailey