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“Gregor’s beetle is no threat to anyone but himself, and starves and fades away like an afterthought as his family revels in their freedom from the shameful, embarrassing burden that he has become.”

“Darling, the only thing anyone should be embarrassed about is taking themselves too seriously.”

“For this was not a matter of habit or circumstance or temperament; it was a matter of punishment and grief. I do not know how I knew this, but I knew it at once; perhaps I knew it because I wanted to live.”

“But out of this astounding, intolerable pain came joy; we gave each other joy that night.”