„Aren’t our eyes made to be torn out, and our hearts for the same purpose? At the same time it’s really not that bad; that’s an exaggeration and a lie, everything is exaggeration, the only truth is longing, which cannot be exaggerated. But even the truth of longing is not so much its own truth; it’s really an expression of everything else, which is a lie. This sounds crazy and distorted, but it’s true.Moreover, perhaps it isn’t love when I say you are what I love the most — you are the knife I turn inside myself, this is love.“

— Franz Kafka

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„Nor is it perhaps really love when I say that for me you are the most beloved; In this love you are like a knife, with which I explore myself.“
— Franz Kafka
„You are the knife I turn inside myself; that is love. That, my dear, is love.“
— Franz Kafka
„Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.“
— David Bowie
„Losing you is most difficult for me, but the nature of my love for you is what matters. If it distorts into half-truth, then perhaps it is better not to love you. I must keep my mind but loose you.“
— Haruki Murakami
„But what's real? You can't find the truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know that everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself.“
— Marilyn Manson
„Love is, that you are the knife which I plunge into myself.“
— Franz Kafka