Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Like tired dogs they stand there, because they use up all their strength in remaining upright in one's memory.

The Expulsion from Paradise is eternal in its principal aspect: this makes it irrevocable, and our living in this world inevitable, but the eternal nature of the process has the effect that not only could we remain forever in Paradise, but that we are currently there, whether we know it or not.

The person I am in the company of my sisters has been entirely different from the person I am in the company of other people. Fearless, powerful, surprising, moved as I otherwise am only when I write.

Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.

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

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.