# Quote — Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

> I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.

- 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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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-metamorphosis/i-cannot-make

## More from this book

> As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-metamorphosis/as-gregor-samsa.md)

> "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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-metamorphosis/hey-theres-something.md)

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/franz-kafka/the-metamorphosis/how-about-if-i-sleep.md)