Quotes from Franz Kafka

I just read, the letter, your essays, again and again, convinced that such prose does not exist merely for its own sake, but serves as a signpost on the road to a human being, a road one keeps following, happier and happier, until arriving at the realisation some bright moment that one is not progressing, simply running around inside one's own labyrinth, only more nervously, more confused than before.

Those who choose to despise us find themselves in the best company.

Extraordinario —dijo el alcalde—, extraordinario... ¿Y ahora piensa quedarse con nosotros en Riva? —No pienso —dijo el cazador sonriendo, y para atenuar el sarcasmo, puso la mano sobre la rodilla del alcalde—. Estoy aquí, no sé más; no puedo hacer otra cosa. Mi barca carece de timón, viaja con el viento que sopla en las regiones inferiores de la muerte.

En de man is werkelijk vrij, hij kan gaan en staan waar hij wil, alleen de toegang tot de wet is hem verboden en dat dan nog door één enkeling, door de poortwachter.

DoÄŸru yol yüksekte deÄŸil, yerin hemen üzerinde gerili bir ip boyunca ilerler. Üzerinde yürümek deÄŸil de, insan? çelmelemek içindir sanki.

if you want to run a clean house, you'll have to start by giving me notice.

I can't think of anything to write, I'm just walking around here between the lines, underneath the light of your eyes, in the breath of your mouth like in some beautiful happy day, which stays beautiful and happy even if my head is sick, tired.

he no longer considered it necessary for everyone to applaud, it was enough that the audience in general was beginning to think the matter over and that someone was occasionally won over by his words.

Manche leugnen den Jammer durch Hinweis auf die Sonne, er leugnet die Sonne durch Hinweis auf den Jammer.

What I seek is simply a public discussion of a public disgrace.

Schaam je, hier tegenover mijn cliënt! Je ondermijnt ook het vertrouwen dat híj in mij stelt.

The only proper approach is to learn to accept existing conditions.

It is a blow because it will take time and I need all the time I have and a thousand times more than all the time I have and most of all I'd like to have all the time there is just for you, for thinking about you, for breathing in you.

it was her fault he hadn't eaten anything that evening

Isso de acordar cedo", pensou, "deixa a pessoa completamente idiotizada. O homem precisa do seu sono.

Niet zo haastig,' zei de geestelijke, 'neem niet de mening van een ander over zonder na te denken. Ik heb je het verhaal letterlijk zo verteld als het in de tekst staat. Van misleiden staat daarin niets.

Pero tales cosas por lo visto no se toman en consideración en el momento decisivo, en ninguno de los continentes, ni en Europa ni en América, sino antes bien se toman decisiones según el rapto de furia del primer momento y conforme a la primera sentencia que salga de la boca.

In no case was there anything to show that he was afflicted with blindness and this in spite of the fact that he exercised undue economy in the spacing of lines.

Para el sospechoso es mejor moverse que sentarse, ya que puede estar, sin saberlo, sobre una balanza y ser pesado según sus pecados

Stay with me entirely, dearest, stay for me as you are.

Hier konnte niemand sonst Einlaß erhalten, denn die- ser Eingang war nur für dich bestimmt. Ich gehe jetzt und schließe ihn.

Reflexões frias, mesmo as muito frias, são melhores do que decisões desesperadas.

La niña, de apenas trece años y algo jorobada, le golpeo con el codo y le miro de soslayo. Ni su juventud ni su defecto corporal habían impedido que se corrompiese. Ni siquiera le sonreía, sino que lanzaba a K miradas provocativas

El mundo es perverso y todavía encima se le ayuda