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Franz Kafka

  • The Metamorphosis

“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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tags experience, perspective

“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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tags opening line

“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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tags sleep

“Calm – indeed the calmest – reflection might be better than the most confused decisions.”

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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tags choice

“I only fear danger where I want to fear it.”

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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tags fear, short

“When you get right down to it, everybody’s having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everyone. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Sirens of Titan
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tags life

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