“How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense.”
Franz Kafka book The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis (1915)
“What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.”
— Franz Kafka, book The Metamorphosis
Variant: How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense.
Source: The Metamorphosis (1915)
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