Quotes by

Franz Kafka

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so. – Franz Kafka

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. – Franz Kafka

Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. – Franz Kafka

A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. – Franz Kafka