928 Quotes by Franz Kafka

   'I see,' said Karl, staring at the quickly emptying basket and listening to the curious noise which Robinson made in drinking, for the beer seemed first to plunge right down into his throat and gurgle up again with a sort of whistle before finally pouring its flood into the deep.

That is how things stand today, little likely to cause me any uneasiness.

By your side I’m most quiet and most unquiet, most inhibited and most free.

In the struggle between yourself and the world, second the world.(Im Kampf zwischen Dir und der Welt, sekundiere der Welt)

those who are ignorant naturally consider everything possible.

Antes bien, debemos odiarnos a nosotros mismos, por no ser dignos aun de tener ley

He has the feeling that merely by being alive he is blocking his own way. From this sense of hindrance, in turn, he deduces the proof that he is alive.

You are the knife I turn inside myself; that is love

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back.