I can love only what I can place so high above me that I cannot reach it.

I no longer know If I wish to drown myself in love, vodka or the sea.

There 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

But 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.

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

If education tries to make other persons out of us than we essentially are, deeper inside, it stultifies, and reproach matters.

Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.