I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, and I think differently from what I ought to think. And so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.
— Franz Kafka Modern

The Metamorphosis, surrealist fiction

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Letter to Milena Jesenská

Date / Period

1920

Category

Strange & Unusual

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/12530-i-write-differently-from-what-i-speak-i-s…

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