Evil does not exist; once you have crossed the threshold, all is good. Once in another world, you must hold your tongue.

— Franz Kafka

Evil is the starry sky of the Good.

— Franz Kafka

Fear of night. Fear of not night.

— Franz Kafka

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back.

— Franz Kafka

German is my mother tongue and as such more natural to me, but I consider Czech much more affectionate, which is why your letter removes several uncertainties; I see you more clearly, the movements of your body, your hands, so quick, so resolute, it’s almost like a meeting.

— Franz Kafka

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

— Franz Kafka

Guilt is never to be doubted.

— Franz Kafka

He had probably been thrown out of a wine shop, and it hadn't quite dawned on him yet.

— Franz Kafka

He has the feeling that merely by being alive he is blocking his own way. From this sense of hindrance, in turn, he deduces the proof that he is alive.

— Franz Kafka

He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.

— Franz Kafka