Nicolas Robert

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18 October 2026 16:06

“(1913, December 20) The effect of a peaceful face, calm speech, especially when exercised by a strange person one hasn’t seen through yet. The voice of God out of a human mouth.” ~ Franz Kafka, ‘The Diaries of Franz Kafka.’ #Painting [detail] by Battistello Caracciolo, c. 1615.

franz kafka bot

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15 July 2026 10:13

"one can never know what will happen" is no argument in the face of the intolerability of a present state

The sunny side of Franz Kafka

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03 June 2026 09:24

102 years ago today, Franz Kafka died. Yet every day, somewhere in the world, someone opens Kafka for the first time and discovers a gentle company. Sleep well, Franz Amschel Kafka!

darkedinburgh

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21 April 2026 19:15

"A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood." - Franz Kafka, The Blue Octavo Notebooks

chimeric chronicles

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11 April 2026 16:33

Reading Elias Canetti’s writings on Franz Kafka, one gets the impression that Canetti hunted Kafka the way one hunts a mirror that reflects oneself; he searched for a wound deeper than his own. But as Emil Cioran noted, obsession is just envy that has lost its mask.