Franz Kafka

"How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense"

the same time, though, he did not forget to remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing to desperate conclusions.

what a strenuous career it is that I’ve chosen

You've not behaved towards us the way we deserve after being so good to you, you forget that we, whatever we are, we're still free men and you're not, and that's quite an advantage.

Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by lying in bed.

Was he an animal if music could captivate him so?

There is a view according to which fear of marriage sometimes has its source in a fear that one’s children would some day pay one back for the sins one has committed against one’s own parents

don't go out looking for guilt among the public; it's the guilt that draws them out, like it says in the law, and they have to send us police officers out. That's the law. Where d'you think there'd be any mistake there?"

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

that I'm forced to forbid you to do something that you ought to have forbidden yourself to do,