Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view,...

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view,...

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...