A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.
Franz Kafka
They say ignorance is bliss.... they're wrong
Franz Kafka
It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.
Franz Kafka
Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.
Franz Kafka
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
Franz Kafka
Paths are made by walking
Franz Kafka
I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.
Franz Kafka
Books are a narcotic.
Franz Kafka
I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.
Franz Kafka
The meaning of life is that it stops.
Franz Kafka
All language is but a poor translation.
Franz Kafka
Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
Franz Kafka
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
Franz Kafka