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“How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense",”
― Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis

“The sister played so beautifully. Her face was tilted to one side and she followed the notes with soulful and probing eyes. Gregor advanced a little, keeping his eyes low so that they might possibly meet hers. Was he a beast if music could move him so?”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

“But sleep? On a night like this? What an idea! Just think of how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.”
― Franz Kafka

“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
― Franz Kafka

“The three of them knew it. She was Kafka’s mistress. Kafka had dreamt her. The three of them knew it. He was Kafka’s friend. Kafka had dreamt him. The three of them knew it. The woman said to the friend, Tonight I want you to have me. The three of them knew it. The man replied: If we sin, Kafka will stop dreaming us. One of them knew it. There was no longer anyone on earth. Kafka said to himself Now the two of them have gone, I’m left alone. I’ll stop dreaming myself.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“لقد كان وحيداً، وكان حرًا”
― سيمون دي بوفوار, Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

“إني مرصودة للوحدة .......”
― سيمون دو بوفوار, مذكرات فتاة ملتزمة