"Now at last I can look at you in peace, I don't eat you anymore."
– A comment made to a fish after becoming vegetarian, as quoted by Max Brod in "Franz Kafka: A Biography" (1960)
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Franz Kafka: 10 quotes for his birthday
Here, to celebrate his birthday, are some macabre, profound, and darkly witty quotes from Franz Kafka.
