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Quote by Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Sólo los honorables resisten las injusticias. El resto- los que no tienen honor- incluso le temen a su propia sombra.”

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Mehmet Murat Ildan is a renowned Turkish writer born on May 16, 1965. His works span various literary forms including novels, essays, and poetry, and have gained widespread popularity among readers. more

“Gregor’s serious wound, from which he suffered for over a month - the apple remained imbedded in his flesh as a visible souvenir since no one dared to remove it - seemed to have reminded even his father that Gregor was a member of the family, in spite of his present pathetic and repulsive shape, who could not be treated as an enemy; that, on the contrary, it was the commandment of the family duty to swallow their disgust and endure him, endure him and nothing more.”

Surreal Surrealism Kafkaesque

Book:The Metamorphosis

Source: The Metamorphosis

“It's no accident that in a bureaucracy getting fired is called 'termination,' as in ontological erasure.”

Employment White Collar Kafkaesque Job Losses

Book:Infinite Jest

Source: Infinite Jest

“It was a dark and painful time. I knew better, but still allowed it. It led to a special kind of heartbreak… a devastating realization that the only thing we had in common was that we both didn’t love me.”

Pain Relationships Toxic Dark Times Heatbreak

Author:Steve Maraboli

“Rather like "Orwellian", the term "Kafkaesque" has come to be used, often enough by those who have not read a word of Kafka, to describe what are perceived as typically or even uniquely modern traumas: existential alienation, isolation and insecurity, the labyrinth of state bureaucracy, the corrupt or whimsical abuse of totalitarian power, the impenetrable tangle of legal systems, the knock on the door in the middle of the night….”

Life Totalitarianism Orwellian Franz Kafka Kafkaesque Existential Allienation

Book:The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Source: The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

“I stand on the end platform of the tram and am completely unsure of my footing in this world, in this town, in my family.”

Literature Kafkaesque Tram

Book:On the Tram

Source: On the Tram

“Does the first slanting ray of light; not lie? Catapulted from the arching mountains, into a small stinking dungeon, peeking through the curtains; humming lies. Lies land on the ears like an autumn leaf- falling every so gently to no breeze of the dawn.”

Morning Autumn Kafkaesque Hoplessness Hopless Romantic

Author:Teufel Damon

“As I lie in bed I assume the shape of a big beetle, a stag beetle or a cockchafer, I think.”

Literature Kafkaesque Beetle

Book:Wedding Preparations in the Country

Source: Wedding Preparations in the Country

“My money is in the hands of strangers.”

Money Existentialism Strangers Existential Crisis Kafkaesque

Book:Kafka's Selected Shorter Writings - New Century Edition with DirectLink Technology

Source: Kafka's Selected Shorter Writings - New Century Edition with DirectLink Technology

“İdareci sınıfın ne düşündüğüne hakkında hiçbir fikrim yoktu. Bir çukuru kazınca, haydi bakalım doldur orayı derler; doldurursunuz, bu kez de aynı yeri kaz bakalım, derler. Sıkıntıya katlananlar hep benim gibi, görev yerinde çalışanlar olur.”

Murakami Kafkaesque Murakami Haruki

Book:Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

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