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[placebetween]

I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves

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[pennyroyalwaltz]

Nice quote, thanks for sharing it!

[troubleinchina]

That explains so much of Kafka's writing.

[toast_is_lovely]

ah kafka, always a ray of sunshine :)
"but we need books that affect us like disaster" - very powerful

[emily711]

This is great. Thanks for sharing! x

[that_evening]

Wonderful quote!

Love your icon too, by the way!