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The Golem
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“Family hug,” I would announce as the children prepared to leave, after they were bundled into their coats and hats and mittens, and the six of us would gather near the door and squeeze together in a tight circle. “Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss,” we would all go, puckering lips against cheeks and foreheads.”
― All Who Go Do Not Return
― All Who Go Do Not Return
“He also wearied his mother very often. She saw the sunshine going out of him, and she resented it.”
― Sons and Lovers
― Sons and Lovers
“We did our best to understand the murder: the murderer was a part of our lives; not so the victim.”
― Steps
― Steps
“She thought it stupid of a woman to want to be understood by a man; the man (said Hanna) wants the woman to be a mystery, so that he can be inspired and excited by his own incomprehension.”
― Homo Faber
― Homo Faber
“The freedom to fail is preserved, as a sort of supreme law, which guarantees escape at every fresh juncture. One is inclined to call this the freedom of the weak person who seeks salvation in defeat. His true uniqueness, his special relation to power, is expressed in the prohibition of victory. All calculations originate and end in impotence.”
― Kafka's Other Trial: The Letters to Felice
― Kafka's Other Trial: The Letters to Felice
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