928 Quotes by Franz Kafka

We're only being punished because you reported us. Otherwise nothing would have happened to us, even if they found out what we did. Can that be called justice?

He has only as much ground as his two feet take up, only as much of a hold as his two hands encompass" - someone who falls asleep in the winter snow to freeze to death like a child, someone who does nothing but takes walks, yet who could take them anywhere, without moving.

No es necesario que salgas de casa. Quédate a tu mesa y escucha. Ni siquiera escuches, espera solamente. Ni siquiera esperes, quédate completamente solo y en silencio. El mundo llegará a ti para hacerse desenmascarar, no puede dejar de hacerlo, se prosternará extático a tus pies.

Incluso ni siquiera tu desconfianza hacia los demás es tan grande como la que yo tengo en mí... (p. 74)

Ensimmäinen merkki kajastavasta ymmärryksestä on kuoleman kaipuu.

Eräs Pahuuden tehokkaimmista viettelykeinoista on kutsua mukaan taisteluun. Se on samanlainen kuin naisen kanssa käytävä taistelu, joka johtaa vuoteeseen.

Itsen ja maailman välisessä kamppailussa on parempi olla maailman aseenkantaja.

Imediatamente as duas raparigas atravessaram a correr a sala de entrada, num agitar de saias -como é que Greta tinha conseguido vestir-se tão depressa? - e abriram ruidosamente a porta da casa. Não se ouviu fechar, sem dúvida tinham-na deixado aberta, como acontece nas casas onde chega a desgraça.

No matter how much you keep encouraging someone who is blindfolded to stare through the cloth, he still won’t see a thing.".