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"The hollow burned into our surroundings by the work of genius is a good place to put in one’s little light. Hence the incitement that emanates from genius, the general incitement that fires one not only to imitation."

Kafka, Franz. The Diaries of Franz Kafka (The Schocken Kafka Library) (p. 230). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"Wretched, wretched and yet well meant. Yes, it’s midnight, but since I’ve slept very well, that is an excuse only insofar as during the day I would have written nothing at all. The burning electric light, the silent apartment, the darkness outside, the last waking moments they give me the right to write and be it even the most wretched things. And this right I use hastily. So that’s who I am."

Kafka, Franz.

"Perhaps in this way I could find a hidden steadfastness in myself."

Kafka, Franz. The Diaries of Franz Kafka (The Schocken Kafka Library) (p. 28). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

"The spectators stiffen when the train passes."

Kafka, Franz. The Diaries of Franz Kafka (The Schocken Kafka Library) (p. 3). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.