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If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything.
From The Castle
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Topic: Motivational
How suicidal happiness can be!
From The Castle
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Topic: Happiness
Kill me, or you are a murderer.
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Topic: Death
L'éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin.
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Topic: Life
All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.
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Topic: Life
One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one willl only in time come to hate. In this there is also a residue of belief that during the move the master will chance to come along the corridor, look at the prisoner and say: "This man is not to be locked up again, He is to come with me.
From The Blue Octavo Notebooks
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Topic: Death
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back.
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Topic: Philosophical
But I’m not guilty,” said K. “there’s been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to be guilty? We’re all human beings here, one like the other.” “That is true” said the priest “but that is how the guilty speak
From The Trial
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Topic: Death, Life
I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.
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Topic: Funny
Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.
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Topic: Life
He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.
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Topic: Death, Life
He who does not answer the questions has passed the test.
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Topic: Philosophical
The meaning of life is that it stops.
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Topic: Death, Life
But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?
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Topic: Death
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
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Topic: Philosophical
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
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Topic: Philosophical
If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything.
From The Castle
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Topic: Motivational
How suicidal happiness can be!
From The Castle
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Topic: Happiness
Kill me, or you are a murderer.
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Topic: Death
L'éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin.
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Topic: Life
All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.
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Topic: Life
One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one willl only in time come to hate. In this there is also a residue of belief that during the move the master will chance to come along the corridor, look at the prisoner and say: "This man is not to be locked up again, He is to come with me.
From The Blue Octavo Notebooks
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Topic: Death
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back.
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Topic: Philosophical
But I’m not guilty,” said K. “there’s been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to be guilty? We’re all human beings here, one like the other.” “That is true” said the priest “but that is how the guilty speak
From The Trial
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Topic: Death, Life
I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.
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Topic: Funny
Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.
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Topic: Life
He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.
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Topic: Death, Life
He who does not answer the questions has passed the test.
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Topic: Philosophical
The meaning of life is that it stops.
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Topic: Death, Life
But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?
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Topic: Death
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
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Topic: Philosophical
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
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Topic: Philosophical
If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything.
From The Castle
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Topic: Motivational
How suicidal happiness can be!
From The Castle
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Topic: Happiness
Kill me, or you are a murderer.
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Topic: Death
L'éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one willl only in time come to hate. In this there is also a residue of belief that during the move the master will chance to come along the corridor, look at the prisoner and say: "This man is not to be locked up again, He is to come with me.
From The Blue Octavo Notebooks
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Topic: Death
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back.
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Topic: Philosophical
But I’m not guilty,” said K. “there’s been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to be guilty? We’re all human beings here, one like the other.” “That is true” said the priest “but that is how the guilty speak
From The Trial
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Topic: Death, Life
I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.
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Topic: Funny
Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.
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Topic: Life
He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.
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Topic: Death, Life
He who does not answer the questions has passed the test.
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Topic: Philosophical
The meaning of life is that it stops.
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Topic: Death, Life
But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Death
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
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Topic: Philosophical
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Philosophical