I'm thinking only of my illness and my health, though both, the first as well as the second, are you.

The ulterior motives with which you absorb and assimilate Evil are not your own but those of Evil.

Everyone strives to attain the Law,' answers the man, 'how does it come about, then, that in all these years no one has come seeking admittance but me?' The doorkeeper perceives that the man is nearing his end and his hearing is failing, so he bellows in his ear: 'No one but you could gain admittance through this door, since this door was intended for you. I am now going to shut it.

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.

As far as I have seen, at school...they aimed at blotting out one's individuality.

In a way, I was safe writing

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.