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The Judgement and In the Penal Colony QUOTES

The Judgement and In the Penal Colony QUOTES

1 " By his own account he had no real contact with the local colony of his countrymen and virtually no social intercourse with the Russian families and so resigned himself to becoming an incurable bachelor. "

― Franz Kafka , The Judgement and In the Penal Colony

2 " Should he be advised to come home, to transplant his life and resume all the old friendships- nothing prevented this- and generally rely on the help of friends? But all this would mean to him, and the more tactfully it was put the more offensive it would be, was that his every effort had been for naught, and he should finally abandon them, that he should return home and suffer being viewed by everyone as the prodigal returned forever, that only his friends had any understanding of things, and that he was a big child who must simply listen to those friends who had remained home and been successful. "

― Franz Kafka , The Judgement and In the Penal Colony

3 " But Georg was not inclined to write of his commercial success to his friend, and were he to do so now, it would appear especially peculiar. So Georg always confined himself to relating the trivial matters that randomly arise from a disorganized memory on a reflective Sunday. "

― Franz Kafka , The Judgement and In the Penal Colony

4 " So now you know what else existed in the world outside of you, before you knew only about yourself! "

― Franz Kafka , The Judgement and In the Penal Colony

5 " I can't fashion myself into a different person who might be better suited to be his friend. "

― Franz Kafka , The Judgement and In the Penal Colony