“The world unfolding to him in Olga's story was so large, almost unbelievably so, that he couldn't refrain from touching it with his meager experience in order to persuade himself more clearly of its existence as well as of his own.”
― The Castle
― The Castle
“Are there control agencies? There are only control agencies.”
― The Castle
― The Castle
“One grows out of pity when it's useless.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“The problem with the ignorant person is precisely that, despite not being good or intelligent, he regards himself as satisfactory.”
― The Symposium
― The Symposium
“There are also dark moments, such as everyone has, when you think you’ve achieved nothing at all, when it seems that the only trials to come to a good end are those that were determined to have a good end from the start and would do so without any help, while all the others are lost despite all the running to and fro, all the effort, all the little, apparent successes that gave such joy. Then you no longer feel very sure of anything.”
― The Trial
― The Trial
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