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Franz Kafka quotes

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“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“They're talking about things of which they don't have the slightest understanding, anyway.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“I like to make use of what I know.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“Even that has its reason; it is often better to be in chains than to be free.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“Above all, the free man is superior to the man who has to serve another.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“Don't say any more about what danger I'm in, I only fear danger where I want to fear it.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“Intrusive, thoughtless people!” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“The moonlight lay everywhere with the natural peace that is granted to no other light.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“Where was the judge he'd never seen? Where was the high court he had never reached?” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.” Franz Kafka, The Diaries
“We're all human beings here, one like the other.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“Asking questions were the most important thing.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“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.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“The first thing he saw in the small room was a large clock on the wall which already showed ten o'clock.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“the verdict does not come suddenly, proceedings continue until a verdict is reached gradually.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“The lie made into the rule of the world.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“But now you must give me your hand, an agreement of this sort needs to be confirmed with a handshake.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“correct understanding of a matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter are not mutually exclusive.” Franz Kafka, The Trial
“Now, her bedside table had been pulled into the middle of the room to be used as a desk for these proceedings, and the supervisor sat behind it.” Franz Kafka, The Trial

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The Trial (18)
The Diaries (1)