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Quotation by Franz Kafka
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Dearest Father: Stories and Other Writings New York, Schocken Books (1954)Diaries: 1910-1913 New York, Schocken Books (1948)Diaries: 1910-1913, ed. Max Brod New York, Schocken Books (1948)Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors New York, Schocken Books (1977)quoted in Margarete Buber-Neumann, Milena (1989)Related Subjects
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Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony.
Franz Kafka (1883–1924), Prague German Jewish author, novelist. The Third Notebook, November 10, 1917. The Blue Octavo Notebooks, ed. Max Brod, trans. by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins. Exact Change, Cambridge, MA (1991). Dearest Father: Stories and Other Writings, trans. by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins, New York, Schocken Books (1954).
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