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.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.

If you become involved with me, you will be throwing yourself into the abyss.

People who walk across dark bridges, past saints, with dim, small lights. Clouds which move across gray skies past churches with towers darkened in the dusk. One who leans against granite railing gazing into the evening waters, His hands resting on old stones.

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