Franz Kafka, The Trial Quotes

It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.

I see, these books are probably law books, and it is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance.

You're not cross with me, though?" he said. She pulled her hand away and answered, "No, no, I'm never cross with anyone.

Could K. represent the congregation all by himself? What if he had been a stranger merely visiting the church? That was more or less his position.

Am I to leave this world as a man who shies away from all conclusions?

Don't be too hasty, don't take somebody else's opinion without testing it.