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Quotes About Alienation

5 ianuarie. De dou? zile g?sesc,ori de câte ori privesc în mine însumi,r?ceal?,indiferen??.În plimbarea de asear?,fiecare zgomot cât de mic al str?zii,orice privire mi-era adresat?,orice fotografie din vreo vitrin? mi se p?reau mai importante decât mine însumi.
~ Franz Kafka
One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He
~ Franz Kafka
and if you run off down the long streets in the way you are doing — then for this evening, you have broken utterly from your family, who fade away into insubstantiality, while you yourself, absolutely solid, black and clear-cut, slapping your thighs, rise and assume your true form.
~ Franz Kafka
I stand on the end platform of the tram and am completely unsure of my footing in this world, in this town, in my family.
~ Franz Kafka
His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.
~ Franz Kafka
As Gregor Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams one morning, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.' This is marvelously funny. Instead of waking up from a nightmare, Gregor wakes up into one. Reality, the only balm for bad dreams, is significantly less reassuring when you wake up hideously disfigured.
~ Franz Kafka
Non posso far capire né a te né a nessuno ciò che sento. Come potrei far capire perché sia così? Non riesco a farlo capire nemmeno a me stesso. Ma questa non è neanche la cosa più importante, la cosa più importante è evidente: nella cerchia intorno a me è impossibile vivere umanamente; tu lo vedi, e ancora non ci vuoi credere?
~ Franz Kafka
the uh fucking spine quote from metamorphosis
~ Franz Kafka
Usted no pertenece al castillo, no es del pueblo, usted es un don nadie
~ Franz Kafka
What do I have in common with Jews? I have scarcely anything in common with myself and should stand completely silent in a corner, content that I can breathe.
~ Franz Kafka
Una mañana, al despertar de sus sueños intranquilos, Gregor Samsa se encontró en su cama convertido en un monstruoso bicho.
~ Franz Kafka
Exist? ÅŸi un orgoliu trist,îndrept??it,despre fericirea de a sta de vorb? în neÅŸtire cu oamenii.Cum poate vorb?ria asta s?-i bucure pe alÅ£ii mai mult decât pe mine!Prea târziu probabil,ÅŸi cu ocol straniu,întoarcerea spre oameni.
~ Franz Kafka
Gregor wanted to drag himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing he saw was the door
~ Franz Kafka
since I was truly a disinherited son, I naturally enough became unsure about what was nearest to me – my own body.
~ Franz Kafka
When I was lying on the sofa and there was loud talking in the rooms on both sides of me, on the left only by women, on the right more by men, I had the impression that they are crude Negro-like unappeasable beings, who don't know what they're saying and only talk to make the air move, who lift their faces while talking and gaze after the words they speak.
~ Franz Kafka
En se réveillant un matin après des rêves agités, Gregor Samsa se retrouva, dans son lit, métamorphosé en un monstrueux insecte.
~ Franz Kafka
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..
~ Franz Kafka
Mir war auf dem Friedhof besser als in der Stadt, es hielt auch an. ich gieng lange durch die Stadt wie durch einen Friedhof.
~ Franz Kafka
Folgte er aber wirklich dem Rat […] so bliebe er dann trotz allem in seiner Fremde, verbittert durch die Ratschläge, und den Freunden noch ein Stück mehr entfremdet […] fände sich nicht in seinen Freunden und nicht ohne sie zurecht, litte an Beschämung, hätte jetzt wirklich keine Heimat und keine Freunde mehr; war es da nicht viel besser für ihn, er blieb in der Fremde, so wie er war?
~ Franz Kafka
De când m? cunosc am avut anxiet??i atât de adânci în privinÅ£a afirm?rii propriei mele existenÅ£e spirituale,încât tot restul mi-a r?mas indiferent.
~ Franz Kafka
die anderen ist. Und daß es so
~ Franz Kafka
I'm the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be a chemical engineer until I went to the theatre for the first time at 16 and was blown away by it.
~ Richard Eyre
I have lots of friends, but I'm probably a terrible friend to all of them, even my family. I wouldn't be surprised if I found myself with no friends later on in life. My friends become my enemies.
~ Ariel Pink
People are afraid of us. We're their monsters. Except they're the ones who are afraid of what they don't understand. They're the ones who ruin everything.
~ Robyn Schneider