Franz Kafka’s novella ‘The Metamorphosis’ was originally published in 1915.
It relates the story of Gregor Samsa, a salesman who wakes up one morning to discover that he has been changed into a giant insect.
We have handpicked the top quotes from ‘The Metamorphosis‘.
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The Metamorphosis Quotes by Franz Kafka
“In the first two weeks his parents could not bring themselves to visit him.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“I only fear danger where I want to fear it.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense” ~ Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis.
“What’s happened to me,’ he thought. It was no dream.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
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Quotes from The Metamorphosis
“One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous bug…” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“It was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown nourishment he had been yearning for.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
Famous The Metamorphosis Quotes
“His biggest misgiving came from his concern about the loud crash that was bound to occur and would probably create, if not terror, at least anxiety behind all the doors. But that would have to be risked.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“Calm – indeed the calmest – reflection might be better than the most confused decisions.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“His growing lack of concern for the others hardly surprised him, whereas previously he had prided himself on being considerate.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“Then his head sank to the floor of its own accord and from his nostrils came the last faint flicker of his breath.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“All he wanted to do now was to get up quietly and undisturbed, get dressed, and, most important, eat breakfast, and only then consider what to do next, because, as he was well aware, in bed he could never think of anything through to a reasonable conclusion.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great misfortune has occurred.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
Top Metamorphosis Quotes by Franz Kafka
“If they were shocked, then Gregor had no further responsibility and could be calm. But if they took everything calmly, he he, too, had no reason to get excited and could, if he hurried, actually be at the station by eight o’clock.” ~ Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis.
“I hope it is nothing serious. On the other hand, I must also say that we business people, luckily or unluckily, however one looks at it, very often simply have to overcome a slight indisposition for business reasons.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“Writing, when it springs from within, is like giving birth, and the child is covered in mucus.” ~ Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis.
“However, Gregor had become much calmer. All right, people did not understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to him, clearer than previously, perhaps because had gotten used to them.” ~ Franz Kafka (quote from The Metamorphosis).
“A picture of my existence… would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow… stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night.” ~ Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis.
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