There is a destination but no way there; what we refer to as way is hesitation.

The existence of the writer is an argument against the existence of the soul, for the soul has obviously taken flight from the real ego, but not improved itself, only become a writer.

I am away from home and must always write home, even if any home of mine has long since floated away into eternity.

sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty.

The Fathers of the Church were not afraid to go out into the desert because they had a richness in their hearts. But we, with richness all around us, are afraid, because the desert is in our hearts.

If they were shocked, then Gregor had no further responsibility and could be calm. But if they took everything calmly, he he, too, had no reason to get excited and could, if he hurried, actually be at the station by eight o'clock.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.