# Quote — Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

> He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.

- Author: [Franz Kafka](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka.md)
- Book: [The Metamorphosis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-metamorphosis.md)
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> As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.

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> "Hey, there’s something falling down in there," said the chief clerk. Gregor tried to suppose to himself that what had happened to him might some day also happen to the chief clerk. There was no denying that anything was possible.

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> How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense.

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