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  1. Franz Kafka _ The Metamorphosis and Other

    Nobody reaches through here, least of all with a message from one who is dead. You, however, sit at your window and dream of the message when evening comes.
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  2. Franz Kafka _ The Metamorphosis and Other

    The man from the country has not expected such difficulties; the law, he thinks, should be accessible to everyone and at all times; but as he now takes a closer look at the doorkeeper in his fur coat, at his large pointed nose, his long, sparse, black Tartar beard, he decides that it is better, after all, to wait until he receives permission to enter.
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  3. Franz Kafka _ The Metamorphosis and Other

    It is to us artisans and tradesmen that the salvation of the fatherland is entrusted; but we are not equal to such a task; never, indeed, have we claimed that we were capable of performing it. It is a misunderstanding; and it is proving our ruin.
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  4. Franz Kafka _ The Metamorphosis and Other

    WHEN Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect.
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  5. Franz Kafka _ The Metamorphosis and Other

    {He} used to be so insignificant that one literally felt alone in his presence.
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  6. Franz Kafka _ The Metamorphosis and Other

    Away in the distance, a train appeared behind the trees, all its compartments were lit, the windows were sure to be open. One of us started singing a ballad, but we all wanted to sing. We sang far quicker than the speed of the train, we swung our arms because our voices weren't enough, our voices got into a tangle where we felt happy. If you mix your voice with others' voices, you feel as though you're caught on a hook. {trans. Michael Hofmann}
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  7. Franz Kafka _ The Metamorphosis and Other

    Then birds flew up like a shower of sparks, I followed them with my eyes and saw how they rose in a single breath, until they seemed no longer to be rising but I to be falling...
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  8. Franz Kafka _ The Metamorphosis and Other

    And so gentlemen, I learned. Oh, if you have to learn, you learn; if you're desperate for a way out, you learn; you learn pitilessly. You stand over yourself with a whip in your hand; if there's the least resistance, you lash yourself."
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  9. Franz Kafka _ The Metamorphosis and Other

    What am I doing here in this endless winter?"
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