There sat I, a faded being, under faded leaves.

In me, by myself, without human relationship, there are no visible lies. The limited circle is pure.

Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested.

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

Either the world is so tiny or we are enormous; in either case, we fill it completely.

What a fate: to be condemned to work for a firm where the slightest negligence at once gave rise to the gravest suspicion! Were all the employees nothing but a bunch of scoundrels, was there not among them one single loyal devoted man who, had he wasted only an hour or so of the firm's time in the morning, was so tormented by conscience as to be driven out of his mind and actually incapable of leaving his bed?

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.