"Well, do you think I believe in ghosts? But how can my not believing help me?"

"March 19. Hysteria making me surpringsingly and unaccountably unhappy."

"He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found."

"People are sewn into their skins for life and cannot alter any of the seams, at least not with their own hands."

5 January. 

exit-weeping:

“For two days I have noticed, whenever I choose to, an inner coolness and indifference. Yesterday evening, during my walk, every little street sound, every eye turned towards me, ever picture in a showcase, was more important to me than myself.”

(from the diaries of Franz Kafka.)

"We need books to affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us."

tuxedodrag:

On the note of Josef K, here is a gorgeous photo of Kyle MacLachlan in his portrayal of Josef K in the 90’s adaptation of the classic book ‘The Trial’ by Franz Kafka. What a beautiful man, sigh. Also in shot is Sir Anthony Hopkins - what a combination!

"Everyone carries a room about inside him. This fact can even be proved by means of the sense of hearing. If someone walks fast and one pricks up one’s ears and listens, say in the night, when everything round about is quiet, one hears, for instance, the rattling of a mirror not quite firmly fastened to the wall."

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Franz Kafka, author of The Metamorphosis (1915). Being a German-speaking Jew in Austria-Hungary with an abusive father, he was an incredibly anxious and lonely man, but still damn sexy. ~being shallow ftl~

wonderfulambiguity:

Franz Kafka, By Jason Seiler