Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

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,...

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

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

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

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of...

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.