“What am I doing here in this endless winter?”
Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author
Source: The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
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I don't belong here”
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Context: When I am here I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do: whatever church you may come to, conform to its custom, if you would avoid either receiving or giving offense.
Jon Stewart book Naked Pictures of Famous People
Naked Pictures of Famous People (1998)
Context: Hitler: I'm not going to lie to you, it took a while. There were moments all along where I knew something was wrong. I remember one time... I think it was in Munich. We were having a rally. 100,000 people all chanting my name. The bonfires were going. The whole shebang. It should have been a crowning moment, but I clearly remember thinking, What am I doing here? I hate crowds.
Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)
As quoted in Writers on Writing (1986) by Jon Winokur.
Variant: If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
“Here I am, Philip, am I indoors or am I out? Do I take my hat off or keep it on?”
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect (1867-1959)
On Philip Johnson’s glass house, as quoted in Architectural Digest (November 1985)
