Franz Kafka Quotes about Sleep

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Slept, awoke, slept, awoke, miserable life.

Slept, awoke, slept, awoke, miserable life.

Franz Kafka

Life, Sleep, Novelists

Franz Kafka (1971). “1910-1913. Tr. by Joseph Kresh”

Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.

Franz Kafka

Philosophical, Sleep, Men

Every one of us has a bad conscience, which he tries to escape by going to sleep as quickly as possible.

Franz Kafka

Sleep, Trying, Going To Sleep

Franz Kafka, Nahum Norbert Glatzer (1974). “I am a memory come alive: autobiographical writings”, Schocken

sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty.

Franz Kafka

Sleep, Men, Guilty

Franz Kafka (2013). “Letters to Milena”, p.22, Schocken

Writing is a deeper sleep than death. Just as one wouldn't pull a corpse from its grave, I can't be dragged from my desk at night.

Franz Kafka

Writing, Sleep, Night

Each of us has his own way of emerging from the underworld, mine is by writing. That's why the only way I can keep going, if at all, is by writing, not through rest and sleep. I am far more likely to achieve peace of mind through writing than the capacity to write through peace.

Franz Kafka

Writing, Sleep, Mind

Franz Kafka (2013). “Letters to Felice”, p.593, Schocken

I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.

Franz Kafka

Tired, Sleep, Effort

Franz Kafka (1949). “The Diaries of Franz Kafka: 1914-1923. Tr. by Martin Greenberg, with the co-operation of Hannah Arendt”, Schocken