No," said the priest, "you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world.

The purpose of a story is to be an axe that breaks up the ice within us.

All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.

What is meant by its nature for the highest and the best, spreads among the lowly people.

What is gayer than believing in a household god?

A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.

If all responsibility is imposed on you, then you may want to exploit the moment and want to be overwhelmed by the responsibility;yet if you try, you will notice that nothing was imposed on you, but that you are yourself this responsibility.