Franz Kafka citations célèbres
“[52] Dans le combat entre toi et le monde, seconde le monde.”
Réflexions sur le péché, la souffrance, l'espérance et le vrai chemin
Franz Kafka Citations
J. M. Coetzee, Imre Kertész
J. M. Coetzee
“Notre génération est peut-être perdue, mais elle est plus innocente que celle d'avant.”
Les Recherches d'un chien
Du kannst jemanden, der die Augen verbunden hat, noch so sehr aufmuntern, durch das Tuch zu starren, er wird doch niemals etwas sehen; erst wenn man ihm das Tuch abnimmt, kann er sehen.
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Le Château
Franz Kafka: Citations en anglais
Variante: No," said the priest, "you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world.
Source: The Trial (1920), Chapter 9
“Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.”
Source: The Trial (1920), Ch. 10
Contexte: Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live. Where was the judge he had never seen? Where was the High Court he had never reached? He raised his hands and spread out all his fingers. But the hands of one of the men closed round his throat, just as the other drove the knife deep into his heart and turned it twice.
“What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.”
Variante: How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense.
Source: The Metamorphosis (1915)
First lines, Ch. 1
Variant translation: Somebody must have slandered Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.
Source: The Trial (1920)
Contexte: Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning. His landlady's cook, who always brought him his breakfast at eight o'clock, failed to appear on this occasion. That had never happened before.
“He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.”
Source: The Metamorphosis
“Nothing unites two people so completely, especially if, like you and me, all they have is words.”
Source: Letters to Felice
“What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream.”
Source: The Metamorphosis