Evil is the radiation of the human consciousness in certain transitional positions. It is not actually the sensual world that is amere appearance; what is so is the evil of it, which, admittedly, is what constitutes the sensual world in our eyes.

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.

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.

This morning, for the first time in a long time, the joy again of imagining a knife twisted in my heart.

I never wish to be easily defined.

Anybody who preserves the ability to recognize beauty will never get old.

Either the world is so tiny or we are enormous; in either case, we fill it completely.