This morning, for the first time in a long time, the joy again of imagining a knife twisted in my heart.
Franz KafkaThere are questions we could not get past if we were not set free from them by our very nature.
Franz KafkaIf something good has lost its way into you, it will make its escape overnight. I know you.
Franz KafkaThere they lay, but not in the forgetfulness of the previous night. She was seeking and he was seeking, they raged and contorted their faces and bored their heads into each others bosom in the urgency of seeking something, and their embraces and their tossing limbs did not avail to make them forget, but only reminded them of what they sought
Franz KafkaBut Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been transported in a suitable crate with a few air holes; what mainly prevented the family from moving was their complete hopelessness and the thought that they had been struck by a misfortune as none of their relatives and acquaintances had ever been hit.
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