Franz Kafka

“All language is but a poor translation.”
“So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.”
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen.”
“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.”
“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”