Art is for the artist is only suffering through which he releases himself for further suffering.

it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into a universal principle.

I am away from home and must always write home, even if any home of mine has long since floated away into eternity.

I believe that we should read only those books that bite and sting us. If a book we are reading does not rouse us with a blow to the head, then why read it?

Every dog has like me the impulse to question, and I have like every dog the impulse not to answer.

First impressions are always unreliable.

Nothing is as deceptive as a photograph.