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

Other quotes by Franz Kafka

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. – Franz Kafka

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Time
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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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alone
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How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world. – Franz Kafka

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Knowledge
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Some authors write with a grave ink, of a dramatic pen dipped into their dark souls. – Terri Guillemets

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Writing

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

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Writing

No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman. – Van Wyck Brooks

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Writing

The author, as a rule, dearly loves every line of his work, from the first stroke down to the dotlet on the i, and certainly has a right to it. – Gustav Boehm, “A Discourse on Title Page Composition,” in The Inland Printer (Ch

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Writing

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I really owe everything to my parents and their devotion and drive to see to it that their children had the education which led to the opportunities that they never were able to have. – George J. Mitchell

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Education

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. – Charles Swindoll

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The color of springtime is in the flowers; the color of winter is in the imagination. – Terri Guillemets

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Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. – Robert H. Schuller

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Patience