Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories who is widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature.
His work, which fuses eleme...
A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity. Franz Kafka
A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.
I am in chains. Don't touch my chains. Franz Kafka
I am in chains. Don't touch my chains.
Love is, that you are the knife which I plunge into myself. Franz Kafka
Love is, that you are the knife which I plunge into myself.
Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. Franz Kafka
Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
I am free and that is why I am lost. Franz Kafka
I am free and that is why I am lost.
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self. Franz Kafka
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy. Franz Kafka
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.
A First Sign of the Beginning of Understanding is the Wish to Die. Franz Kafka
A First Sign of the Beginning of Understanding is the Wish to Die.
I am a cage, in search of a bird. Franz Kafka
I am a cage, in search of a bird.
Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more. Franz Kafka
Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.
Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. Franz Kafka
Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.
