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Franz Kafka Quotes: Our art is a way of being dazzled by truth: the light on the grotesquely grimacing retreating face is true, and nothing else.
         

Our art is a way of being dazzled by truth: the light on the grotesquely grimacing retreating face is true, and nothing else.


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It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.



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I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.



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