Quotes from Franz Kafka

it's in the nature of this judicial system that one is condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance.

Yan?mda yürüyordun, bir düÅŸünsene, yan?mdayd?n!

Wszystko, co pan mówi, jest nudne i niezrozumiaÅ'e, a wskutek tego wcale nie jest bardziej prawdziwe.

because she loved comfort and therefore solitude above all else and was probably happiest when she could stretch out on the couch at home in complete freedom with the cat beside her

Bir elman?n birbirinden farkl? görünümleri olabilir: Masan?n üstündeki elmay? bir an olsun görebilmek için boynunu uzatan çocuÄŸun görüÅŸü ve bir de, elmay? al?p yan?ndaki arkada??na rahatça veren evin efendisinin görüÅŸü.

Actually, he said, it's not my job to improve things here, as you put it, and if you said that to someone like the examining magistrate you'd be laughed at or punished. I certainly wouldn't have become involved in these matters of my own free will, and I would never have lost any sleep over the shortcomings of this judicial system. But because I was supposedly placed under arrest - I've been arrested, you see - I've been forced to take action in my own behalf.

Lei non è del Castello, lei non è del paese, lei non è nulla. Eppure anche lei è qualcosa, sventuratamente, è un forestiero, uno che è sempre di troppo e sempre fra i piedi, uno che vi procura un mucchio di grattacapi..

Writing sustains me. But wouldn't it be more accurate to say that it sustains this kind of life? Which does not, of course, mean that my life is any better when I don't write. On the contrary, at such times it is far worse, wholly unbearable, and inevitably ends in madness. This is, of course, only on the assumption that I am a writer even when I don't write — which is indeed the case; and a non-writing writer is, in fact, a monster courting insanity.

Czy pani rozumie, droga panienko, co to za nag?a uciecha, gdy si? zosta?o tak ?wietnie zrozumianym, mimo ?e nawet si? do tego nie zmierza?o?

You are the knife I turn inside myself

he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at an end.

62. Fakt, ?e istnieje tylko ?wiat duchowy, odbiera nam nadziej?, ale daje nam pewno??.

Mir war auf dem Friedhof besser als in der Stadt, es hielt auch an. ich gieng lange durch die Stadt wie durch einen Friedhof.

Since everyone strives for the law, says the man, how is it that in all these years nobody but me has asked for admittance? The doorkeeper sees that the man is at an end, and, to reach his fading senses, bellows his answer, None but you could gain admittance here, for this entrance was meant only for you. I shall close it now.

Evil is sometimes like a tool in your hand, recognized or unrecognized, you are able, if you have the will to do it, to set it aside, without being opposed.

I am dirty, Milena, infinitely dirty, this is why I scream so much about purity.

Odamda günlerce yaln?z?m, ziyan? yok. Dünyada da y?llarca yaln?z deÄŸil miydim?

Jedna wielka pomy?ka, poniewa? pobo?ni uwa?aj?, ?e moje zachowanie si? jest naturalne, pozostali za? my?l?, ?e to pobo?no??. - Moja irytacja obala pa?skie twierdzenie. - Pa?ska irytacja – je?li nawet przyjmiemy, ?e jest to rzeczywista irytacja – dowodzi jedynie, ?e nie nale?y pan ani do ludzi pobo?nych, ani do pozosta?ej reszty.

Si resumes lo que piensas de mí, el resultado es que no me echas en cara nada propiamente inmoral o malo (a excepción tal vez de mi último proyecto matrimonial), pero sí frialdad, rareza, ingratitud. Y me lo echas en cara de una manera como si fuese culpa mía, como si yo hubiese podido cambiarlo todo con sólo dar un giro al volante, mientras que tú no tienes la menor culpa, como no sea la de haber sido demasiado bueno conmigo.

Mein Großvater pflegte zu sagen: 'Das Leben ist erstaunlich kurz. Jeztz in der Erinnerung drängt es sich mir so zusammen, daß ich zum Beispiel kaum begreife, wie ein junger Mensch sich entschließen kann ins nächste Dorf zu reiten, ohne zu fürchten, daß - von unglücklichen Zufällen ganz abgesehen - schon die Zeit des gewöhnlichen, glücklich ablaufenden Lebens für einen solchen Ritt bei weitem nicht hinreicht.

I would gladly explain the feeling of happiness which, like now, I have within me from time to time. It is really something effervescent that fills me completely with a light, pleasant quiver and that persuades me of the existence of abilities of whose non-existence I can convince myself with complete certainty at any moment, even now.

sometimes a thousand shoulders quake under a burden meant just for one.

Birinin hayat?n?n neresinde olduÄŸumu çözemediÄŸim zaman hiçbir yerinde olmamay? garantilerim çünkü belirsizlik, deÄŸersizliktir.

Do not waste your time looking for an obstacle: maybe there is none.