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9 years, 2 months ago

you only need to change your direction

'Alas,' said the mouse, 'the world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when at last I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already,…

—p.477 The Complete Short Stories A Little Fable (477) by Franz Kafka
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flooding every shore

[...] thrust its beak through my mouth, deep into me. Falling back, I was relieved to feel him drowning irretrievably in my blood, which was filling every depth, flooding every shore.

—p.475 The Vulture (474) by Franz Kafka
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deeply lost in the night

Deeply lost in the night. Just as one sometimes lowers one's head to reflect, thus to be utterly lost in the night. All around people are asleep. It's just play acting, an innocent self-deception, that they sleep in houses, in safe beds, under a safe roof, stretched out or curled up on mattresses, …

—p.468 At Night (468) by Franz Kafka
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make yourself an inert mass

So perhaps the best resource is to meet everything passively, to make yourself an inert mass, and, if you feel that you are being carried away, not to let yourself be lured into taking a single unnecessary step, to stare at others with the eyes of an animal, to feel no compunction, in short, with y…

—p.428 Resolutions (427) by Franz Kafka
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completely unsure of my footing inspo/interiority

I stand on the end platform of the tram and am completely unsure of my footing in this world, in this town, in my family.

—p.417 On the Tram (417) by Franz Kafka