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Love is to me that you are the knife which I turn within myself. — Franz Kafka

Letter

Love is to me that you are the knife which I turn within myself.

In the original German

Liebe ist, daß Du mir das Messer bist, mit dem ich in mir wühle

Franz Kafka
1920
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Dangers of loveLove
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Letter
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1920
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Franz Kafka
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Current citation
Kafka, Franz. "Letter to Milena Jesenská, 14 Sept. 1920." Letters to Milena, translated by Philip Boehm. Schocken, 2015.
Original citation
Kafka, Franz. Letter to Milena Jesenská. 14 Sept. 1920.

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