# Quote — Franz Kafka, The Castle

> 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

- Author: [Franz Kafka](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka.md)
- Book: [The Castle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-castle.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka#The_Castle_(1926)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-castle/if-a-man

## More from this book

> 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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-castle/i-dream-of-a-grave.md)

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-castle/one-must-fight.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-castle/theres-no-quiet.md)