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Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted...more

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Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.

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The meaning of life is that it ends

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Life is hard, the earth stubborn, science rich in knowledge but poor in practical results.

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

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All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else.

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My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

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The meaning of life is that it stops.

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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.

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L'éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin.

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So if you find nothing in the corridors open the doors, and if you find nothing behind these doors there are more floors, and if you find nothing up t...more

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Guilt is never to be doubted.

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Concerning this a man once said:Why such reluctance? If you only followed the parablesyou yourselves would become parables and with that rid of all yo...more

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But what now if all the peace, the comfort, the contentment were to come to a horrible end?

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But I’m not guilty,” said K. “there’s been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to be guilty? We’re all human beings here, one like the othe...more