6 Franz Kafka Quotes on Alienation

Franz Kafka quotes on alienation

3. There is hope, but not for us.

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23. His weariness is that of the gladiator after the combat; his work was the whitewashing of a corner in a state official's office.

76. 'You asking me the way?' 'Yes,' I said, 'since I can't find it myself.' 'Give it up! Give it up!' said he, and turned with a sudden jerk, like someone who wants to be alone with his laughter.

87. I am nothing but a mass of spikes going through me.

113. This little woman, then, is very ill-pleased with me, she always finds something objectionable in me, I am always doing the wrong thing to her. I annoy her at every step; if a life could be cut into the smallest of small pieces and every scrap of it could be separately assessed, every scrap of my life would certainly be an offense to her.

117. What have I in common with Jews? I have hardly anything in common with myself.