#kafkaesk

[literarylumin]

A man doesn’t need to fly to the sun, he need only find a patch of clean earth, and crawl there, and let the sun shine on him.

- Franz Kafka, Letter to His Father

[entyill]

Creds: divine on pinterest

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝

[anthea-1]

Letter to Father -- Franz Kafka

" I would have been happy to have you as a friend, as a boss, as an uncle, as a grandfather and even (with a little more hesitation) as a father-in-law. It's only as a father that you've been too strong for me. " " You are a good and tender man […], but not all children have the patience and courage to seek out the goodness until they find it. " " For me, you had that enigmatic aspect that all tyrants have, whose legitimacy is based on who they are, not what they think. " " Between the two of us there was no real fight; I was quickly liquidated; what was left was flight, spite, affliction, the inner battle. " " What I wrote was about you, I was only crying in it what I couldn't cry on your chest. " " What is innocence for you can be guilt for me, and conversely, what is inconsequential for you can be the lid of my coffin. "

[mah-e-kaamil]

One advantage of keeping a diary is that one becomes aware with reassuring clarity of the changes one is constantly subject to, which one also generally believes, suspects and concedes, but which one always unconsciously denies when it comes down to it. In the diary one finds evidence that one lived, looked around and wrote down observations even in conditions that seem unbearable today, that this right has moved as it does today, when we are wiser because of the possibility of an overview of the situation at that time , but that is why we have to acknowledge all the more the fearlessness of our striving at that time, which we still maintained in sheer ignorance.

-F. Kafka

[johbeil]

Mit dem Fahrrad auf dem Weg zum Schloss

Franz Kafka gewidmet Für die Fahrt zum Schloss hatte ich mich gut vorbereitet – die Pumpe geprüft, in das Kästchen mit den Flicken hineingeschaut: war alles da – Flicken verschiedener Größe, Tube mit Kleber, Reibeisen. Mir die Ledertasche mit einem guten Vesper und einer Tafel Schokolade umgehängt, die Wasserflasche gefüllt und in den Halter am Rahmen eingeklinkt. Dann nichts wie los. Auch das…

[happyhappytheband]

in case you didnt catch me the first time, i want to turn into a giant fucking beetle

[the--chaos]

x

[lady-sophie-kat]

[brandmauer]

[yorgunherakles]

aynada kendime baktım. korkunç derecede netim. bulanık olmayı yeğlerdim.

jean-louis fournier - muzip tanrı

[plottwistedstory]

Franz Kafka <3

[ocibojenade]

the free spiritedness by which you will remember me

— Franz Kafka

[strassensonne]

amtgericht

auf dem großen platz verschwinden figuren

quadratische hoheit von stein und glas

hier treten nichtige menschen

in kontakt mit kräften jenseits des horizonts

gänge durchstechen die stille

eintausend türen, eintritt verwehrt

strenge lettern weisen labyrinthartigen weg

wartende gesichter huschen umher

ein mensch, sitzende maschine

in leerem raum von papier erdrückt

gibt mechanisch elektronische befehle

auf kleingedruckten sätzen balanciertes recht

das schloß lässt einen nicht los

ausgang versteckt in holzgetäfelter nische

rotes steingebäude, preußisches gefängnis

verschwindet im lärm der tristbunten straße

[anthea-1]

The Metamorphosis -- Franz Kafka

"and isn't it a fact that by removing the furniture we're showing that we're giving up all hope of an improvement and are leaving him to his own resources without any consideration?" “Was he an animal that music so seized him?” "You must try to get rid of the idea that this is Gregor. The fact that we have believed for so long, that is truly our real misfortune. But how can it be Gregor? If it were Gregor, he would have long ago realized that a communal life among human beings is not possible with such an animal and would have gone away voluntarily." "I will not utter my brother's name in front of this monster, and thus I say only that we must try to get rid of it."

[firisu]

Geldim. Bıraktığın yere.

Kendini küçük bir Kafka sanan adam

olduğum yere gelmiş.

Kafkaesk şatosundan çıkmış ve

sarı kaleme gelmiş.

mektuplarda konuştuğumuz şeyleri

sanki yüzyüze konuşabilirmişiz gibi.

bu kez mahkemeye giderken en azından suçunu biliyor olursun

sen.

sen, dersin.

senin yüzünden Tolstoy okuyorum

ve Almanca öğreniyorum

ama bunları söylemiyorum

ben söylemeden sen fark et

sen fark edince utanayım diye.

geldim, diyen ama

buluşalım diyemeyen

Kafkaest adam.

ben hala

bıraktığın yerde

beni terk ettiğin yerde.

[brainmoss]

oooh when i catch you hermann kafka when i catch you

i would scream at you on the behalf of your son and also say all the things i cant say to my own father through the several drafts of my own unsent letters to him