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Quote by Franz Kafka
Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of ones

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

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Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms. – Franz Kafka

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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

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason. They made no such demand upon those who wrote them. – Charles Caleb Colton

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I would always be that same maddening, monstrous mixture of pedantry, egoism, politeness, selfishness, kindliness, sneakiness, larkiness, sociability, loneliness, ambition, ordered calm and hidden intensity. I would cover my life with words. I would spray the whole bloody world with words. – Stephen Fry (b.1957), Moab is my Washpot #INFJ

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All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table. – Elie Wiesel

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