Every dog has like me the impulse to question, and I have like every dog the impulse not to answer.

If this is what you came for, then I didn't send for you. Kafka (note to himself in journal)

All language is but a poor translation.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.

Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible, then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres.

And I leave my post of observation and find I have had enough of this outside life; I feel that there is nothing more that I can learn here, either now or at any time. And I long to say a last goodbye to everything up here, to go down into my burrow never to return again, let things take their course, and not try to retard them with my profitless vigils.