# The Castle

- Author: [Franz Kafka](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka.md)
- Quotes: 4
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-castle

## Quotes

> If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-castle/if-a-man.md)

> I dream of a grave, deep and narrow, where we could clasp each other in our arms as with clamps, and I would hide my face in you and you would hide your face in me, and nobody would ever see us any more

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> One must fight to get to the top, especially if one starts at the bottom.

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> There's no quiet place here on earth for our love, not in the village and not anywhere else, so I picture a grave, deep and narrow, in which we embrace as if clamped together, I bury my face against you, you yours against me, and no one will ever see us.

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