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Series of six different phases of the eclipse on Wednesday, April 17th, 1912, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Kafka ..do you have something to say to the class-?
— July 9, 1912 / Franz Kafka diaries
“Nothing, nothing. This is the way I raise up ghosts before me.”
— Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated March 10th 1912, featured in ‘Diaries’. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"I admitted the possibility of miracles more readily than that of real progress, "
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated January 2nd 1912, featured in 'Diaries'. (as translated by Joseph Kresh)
"[...], to stare at others with the eyes of an animal, "
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated February 5th 1912, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"But if I can do something, then I can do it without superstitious precautions."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated July 9th 1912, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"The slow pace that neglects nothing."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated August 9th 1912, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"How immovable I have become! Formerly, if I said only one word that opposed the direction of the moment, I at once flew over to the other side, now I simply look at myself and remain as I am."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated August 11th 1912, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
Felix Vallotton, The Blossoming Field, 1912
"It will be hard to rouse me, and yet I am restless."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated August 30th 1912, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"The weariness that disappeared in the middle of the night."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated September 23rd 1912, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
"What is this, the Titanic? 1912 called; it wants its crappy wine back, so it can sink to the bottom of the ocean, where it belongs..."