The Castle
Franz Kafka
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I dream of a grave, deep and narrow, where we could clasp each other in our arms as with clamps, and I would hide my face in you and you would hide your face in me, and nobody would ever see us any more”
“You misinterpret everything, even the silence.”
“If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything.”
“There's no quiet place here on earth for our love, not in the village and not anywhere else, so I picture a grave, deep and narrow, in which we embrace as if clamped together, I bury my face against you, you yours against me, and no one will ever see us.”
“Since I met you, I've felt abandoned without your nearness; your nearness is all I ever dream of, the only thing.”
“One must fight to get to the top, especially if one starts at the bottom.”
“Our winters are very long here, very long and very monotonous. But we don't complain about it downstairs, we're shielded against the winter. Oh, spring does come eventually, and summer, and they last for a while, but now, looking back, spring and summer seem too short, as if they were not much more than a couple of days, and even on those days, no matter how lovely the day, it still snows occasionally.”
“Illusions are more common than changes in fortune”
“It isn’t easy to understand exactly what she is saying, for one doesn’t know whether she is speaking ironically or seriously, it’s mostly serious, but sounds ironic. - “Stop interpreting everything!” said K.”
“Deceptions are more frequent than changes”
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Book Keywords:
existential, kafka, silence, life, life-lessons, motivational, aphorism, seasons
