Frank Kafka > Quotes

“The meaning of life is that it ends.”
― Frank Kafka

“I can swim as well as the others, only I have a better memory than they do, so I have been unable to forget my formerly not being able to swim. Since I have been unable to forget it, being able to swim doesn’t help me, and I can’t swim after all.”
― Frank Kafka

“Gregor, despite his now pathetic and repulsive shape, was a member of the family who could not be treated as an enemy; on the contrary, in accordance with family duty they were required to quell their aversion and tolerate him.”
― Frank Kafka, Metamorphosis

“It's true that you're under arrest, but that shouldn't stop you from carrying out your job. And there shouldn't be anything to stop you carrying on with your usual life."

"In that case it's not too bad, being under arrest," said K.”
― Frank Kafka, The Trial

“¿Crees que yo no te habría querido, si tu no te hubieras empeñado en alejarte?- La condena, Kafka”
― Frank Kafka, The Complete Stories

“El haber creído durante un tiempo es, en realidad, la causa de nuestra desgracia”
― Frank Kafka, Metamorphosis

“Dime y trata de ser, por lo menos al contestarme, lo que alguna vez fuiste, mi verdadero hijo- La condena, Frank Kafka”
― Frank Kafka, The Complete Stories

“No la dejaría marcharse mientras el viviese”
― Frank Kafka, Metamorphosis

“¿Qué se le podía escribir a alguien que evidentemente había equivocado su camino y a quién se podía compadecer pero no ayudar?- La Condena, Kafka”
― Frank Kafka, The Complete Stories