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Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (c. 1883-1924)

“You have never really had any contact with our authorities. All these contacts are only apparent, but because of your ignorance of the circumstances you take them to be real.”

  • From The Castle (chapter 5) by Franz Kafka. The translation used here is by John R. Williams (Wordsworth Editions, 2009).

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