"There was once a community of scoundrels,..." - Quote by Franz Kafka

“Every one of us has a bad conscience, which he tries to escape by going to sleep as quickly as possible.”

“One reads in order to ask questions”

“What am I doing here in this endless winter?”

“A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.”

“We have bigger things to brood on and enormous reasons for wallowing in terminal craziness until we finally hit bottom.”

“Some men have sighed over the abduction of their wives, but many more have sighed because no one wanted to abduct theirs.”

“If honesty were suddenly introduced into American life, the whole system would collapse.”

“There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.”

“We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.”