928 Quotes by Franz Kafka

Ali svi se slažu u tome da se ne podižu lakomislene optužbe i da se sud, kad jedanput nekog optuži i kad je uvjeren u krivicu optuženog, vrlo teško može razuvjeriti. »Teško?« upita slikar i diže ruku uvis. »Sud se nikada ne moźe razuvjeriti. Kad bih ovdje na platnu naslikao sve sudije redom i kad biste se Vi pred tim platnom branili imali biste više uspjeha nego pred pravim sudom« »

The moonlight lay everywhere with the natural peace that is granted to no other light.

Gregor’s serious wound, from which he suffered for over a month - the apple remained imbedded in his flesh as a visible souvenir since no one dared to remove it - seemed to have reminded even his father that Gregor was a member of the family, in spite of his present pathetic and repulsive shape, who could not be treated as an enemy; that, on the contrary, it was the commandment of the family duty to swallow their disgust and endure him, endure him and nothing more.

Der Sinn für die Darstellung meines traumhaften innern Lebens hat alles andere ins Nebensächliche gerückt, und es ist in einer schrecklichen Weise verkümmert und hört nicht auf, zu verkümmern. Nichts anderes kann mich jemals zufriedenstellen.

Alguém certamente havia caluniado Josef K, pois uma manhã ele foi detido sem ter feito mal algum

You spend too much time on ephemeras. The majority of modern books are merely wavering reflections of the present. They disappear very quickly. You should read more old books. The classics. Goethe. What is merely new is the most transitory of all things. It is beautiful today, and tomorrow merely ludicrous.

Scratch your flesh raw between your toes, but you won't find the answer.

Cara signora Milena,la giornata è molto breve, con Lei e soltanto con qualche altra inezia è bell'e passata e terminata. E' molto se rimane un po' di tempo per scrivere alla vera Milena perché quella ancor più vera era qui tutto il giorno nella camera, sul balcone, nelle nuvole.

Yours(now I'm even losing my name - it was getting shorter and shorter all the time and is now: Yours)