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A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. — Franz Kafka · 1904I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us... We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. — Franz Kafka · 1904Alienation1 quote
When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. — Franz Kafka · 1915Alienation from oneself1 quote
When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. — Franz Kafka · 1915Change1 quote
When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. — Franz Kafka · 1915Dangers of love1 quote
Love is to me that you are the knife which I turn within myself. — Franz Kafka · 1920Love1 quote
Love is to me that you are the knife which I turn within myself. — Franz Kafka · 1920Paying attention1 quote
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. — Franz Kafka · 1931Power of literature1 quote
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. — Franz Kafka · 1904Self-discovery1 quote
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. — Franz Kafka · 1904Stillness1 quote
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. — Franz Kafka · 1931Transformation1 quote
When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. — Franz Kafka · 1915