If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skulls, then why do we read it?
~ Franz Kafka

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Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.
~ Franz Kafka

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It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgment by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.
~ Franz Kafka

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From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
~ Franz Kafka

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If you only followed the parables you yourselves would become parables and with that rid of all your daily cares.
~ Franz Kafka

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Ours is a lost generation, it may be, but it is more blameless than those earlier generations.
~ Franz Kafka

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