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Franz Kafka Quotes: It's sometimes quite astonishing that a single, average life is enough to encompass so much that it's at all possible ever to have any success in one's work here.
         

It's sometimes quite astonishing that a single, average life is enough to encompass so much that it's at all possible ever to have any success in one's work here.


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Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.



Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.



Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.

Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.



Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.

Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.



I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.

I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.



It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.



I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.

I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.



I am free and that is why I am lost.

I am free and that is why I am lost.



I am a cage, in search of a bird.

I am a cage, in search of a bird.



People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.

People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.





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Don't let them fool ya, or even try to school ya! Oh, no! We've got a mind of our own, so go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!

Don't let them fool ya, or even try to school ya! Oh, no! We've got a mind of our own, so go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!



Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.

Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.



We women are a lot more powerful if we see ourselves as fighters on the same side. But it’s easier to judge others - their choices and their bodies - than to think about the struggles we share.

We women are a lot more powerful if we see ourselves as fighters on the same side. But it’s easier to judge others - their choices and their bodies - than to think about the struggles we share.



... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, -- it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.

... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, -- it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.



It would be unforgivable to use the role I have, such as it is, to inflict my incoherent, half-baked view of the world on people. That would be illegitimate and unacceptable and I should be fired.

It would be unforgivable to use the role I have, such as it is, to inflict my incoherent, half-baked view of the world on people. That would be illegitimate and unacceptable and I should be fired.



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We're all in this together. Choose love.



Why should it be mandatory for people to give interviews. I request state governments to remove the process of interviews for minor jobs to end corruption in getting jobs.

Why should it be mandatory for people to give interviews. I request state governments to remove the process of interviews for minor jobs to end corruption in getting jobs.



We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.




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