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Quote by Franz Kafka

“You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart.”

Work

This book compiles a series of letters that reveal the depth of personal connection and emotional exchange between the correspondents, Felice and the author. more

Author

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 - June 3, 1924) was an important German-language novelist of the 20th century, known for his unique literary style and profound philosophical thoughts. His works, often themed around loneliness, alienation, and existentialism, have had a profound impact on literature and philosophy. more

“Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes, just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such a bunch of assholes,’ but it’s really not like that. We just have a smaller tolerance for what it takes to be with others. It means having to perform. I get so tired of communicating.”

People Thinking Giving Mean Blood Sitting Tired Assuming Communicate Tolerance Bunch Exhausting Loner Socializing Misanthrope Giving Blood

Author:Anneli Rufus

“He gave Marcie a spare to the Jeep—I should park this thing in the ocean, twenty feet under.”

Should Feet Ocean Twenties Parks Spares Jeeps

Book:The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

“The idea that God works in mysterious ways is rubbish. There’s nothing mysterious about his ways. They’re premeditated and slightly conniving, and they place you in an impossible situation.”

Way Ideas Situation Impossible Mysterious Rubbish God Works In Mysterious Ways Mysterious Ways Impossible Situations Conniving

Book:Saving Francesca

Source: Saving Francesca

“If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three most terrible truths of our existence: that we are so ruined, and so loved, and in charge of so little.”

Ifs Firsts Littles Helping Today Three Existence Terrible First Time Ruined Admitting Presence Of God

Book:Help: The First Essential Prayer

Source: Help: The First Essential Prayer

“The afternoon had made them tranquil for a while, as if to give them a deep memory for the long parting the next day promised.”

Ifs Giving Long Made Next Memories Afternoon Next Day Parting Tranquil

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“Right now, Vee was the only person I could count on. She could be obnoxious,annoying, and lazy, but she never lied to me.”

Persons Right Now Lazy Annoying Lied Obnoxious Lied To Me

Book:Crescendo

Source: Crescendo

“It’s not only about sadness. In truth, sadness really has little to do with it. Depression is pain in its purest form and I would do anything to be able to feel an emotion again. Any emotion at all. Pain hurts, but pain that’s so powerful that you can’t feel anything anymore, that’s when you start to feel like you’re going crazy.”

Feels Littles Able Pain Form Hurt Powerful Emotion Sadness Crazy Like You Going Crazy

Book:The Edge of Never

Source: The Edge of Never

“Only those who never step, never stumble.”

Challenges Chance Steps

Book:Lost December: A Novel

Source: Lost December: A Novel