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The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka
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“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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“He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.”

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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tags freedom, short

“How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense”

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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“Calm – indeed the calmest – reflection might be better than the most confused decisions.”

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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“I only fear danger where I want to fear it.”

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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“After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?”

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
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