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This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer


Franz Kafka

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FRANZ KAFKA We're not used to thinking of vegetables in creative ways, and consequently the flavors are boring.
BARBARA KAFKA This was one time I didn't have to fight to keep my book healthy. It came easily. All those vegetabl...
BARBARA KAFKA And the lime juice is very important, too – it brings the taste forward in the mouth.
BARBARA KAFKA It's entirely conceivable that life's splendor surrounds us all, and always in its complete fullness...
GUSTAV KAFKA The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character wi...
FRANZ LISZT You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involve...
FRANZ GRILLPARZER Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wi...
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