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Franz Kafka

“The main thing, when a sword cuts into one’s soul, is to keep a calm gaze, lose no blood, accept the coldness of the sword with the coldness of a stone. By means of the stab, after the stab, become invulnerable.”

Franz Kafka, The Blue Octavo Notebooks
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The Blue Octavo Notebooks The Blue Octavo Notebooks by Franz Kafka
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