The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man Quotes

“For humans the idea of freedom is all too often a means of deceiving themselves. And although freedom is among the most exalted of feelings, so is the illusion of freedom among the most exalted of illusions.”
― Franz Kafka, The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man: Essential Stories

“That was why, if you wanted to keep up a correspondence with him, you couldn’t give him any actual news, the kind you would unthinkingly write to even your most distant acquaintance.”
― Franz Kafka, The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man: Essential Stories

“So wird es sein, nur daß man auch in Wirklichkeit heute und später selbst dastehen wird, mit einem Körper und einem wirklichen Kopf, also auch einer Stirn, um mit der Hand an sie zu schlagen.”
― Franz Kafka, Bachelor's Ill Luck