The dream reveals the reality which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life-the terror of art.
Franz KafkaIf this is what you came for, then I didn't send for you. Kafka (note to himself in journal)
Franz KafkaThere was once a community of scoundrels, that is to say, they were not scoundrels, but ordinary people.
Franz KafkaBy imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.
Franz Kafka