The Trial

by Franz Kafka

he admits he doesn’t know the law and at the same time insists he’s innocent.”

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

It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.

How are we to avoid those in office becoming deeply corrupt when everything is devoid of meaning?

there’s nothing hanging on the outcome of this trial, and that, whatever the verdict, I will just laugh at it. And that’s even presupposing it ever even reaches any conclusion, which I very much doubt.

“you don’t need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary.”

the court doesn’t want anything from you. It accepts you when you come and it lets you go when you leave.”