“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.If the book we are reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for?
…we need the books that affect us like a disaster,
that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves,
like being banished into forests far from everyone,
like a suicide.
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.“
-Franz Kafka
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Fantastic quote, I love it! Says a lot about some of Kafka’s writing, too….
Thanks for your response.
I really agree with Kafka here.
We need books to cause a revolution in our lives, to inspire us and to teach us- to wake us up from our sleep.
Those are the ones you remember and keep re-reading.
In essence, those revolutionary, inspirational and educational books become a part of our psyche, our ethos and our way of seeing life.
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