100 Inspirational Quotes By Franz Kafka That Will Make You Smile Despite All The Hurdles Of Life
Famous As: Novelist and Short-Story Writer, Widely Regarded as One of the Major Figures of 20th-Century Literature
Born On: 1883
Died On: 1924
Born In: Prague, Czech Republic
Died At Age: 40
German author Franz Kafka was one of the most significant authors in the 20th century and is still counted among the greatest authors to have graced the world of literature. Kafka studied to become a lawyer and later on found work with an insurance company; however he devoted most of his spare time to his writing pursuits. In a literary career that lasted only around 12 years, due to his death at the age of 40, Kafka produced a staggering body of work that included classics like ‘The Metamorphosis’, ‘The Castle’ and ‘The Trial’. Most of his novels and short stories were rooted in themes akin to existentialism and surrealism; as a result of which ‘Kafkaesque’ is a word that is now a part of the English dictionary that describes real life situtations that are similar to situations in his stories. Kafka was also a fine thinker as is demonstrated in his rich body of work and has produced a treasure trove of quotes that can be identified with almost any aspect of life. Among the pearls of wisdom that Kafka has produced over his literary career, here are some of the select quotes that would surely give you a new perspective on life.
Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.
