All FRANZ KAFKA Quotes about “Literature”

“A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.”
“Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.”
“If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us.”
“Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.”
“Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.”
“Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.”
“The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.”
“Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.”
“All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.”
“How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?”
“There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.”
“My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well.”
“The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.”
“In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.”
“Religions get lost as people do.”
“Writers speak stench.”

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