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He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.

He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.

Franz Kafka
Fear, Dying
Franz Kafka (2013). “The Metamorphosis”, p.135, Modern Library

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Franz Kafka
Fear, Night, Dread
Franz Kafka (1991). “The Blue Octavo Notebooks”

My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Franz Kafka
Fear, Fearless, Substance

The delights of this life are not its own, but our fear of the ascent into a higher life; the torments of this life are not its own, but our self-torment because of that fear.

Franz Kafka
Life, Fear, Self
Franz Kafka (1991). “The Blue Octavo Notebooks”

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