The Art of Tetman Callis Lit & Crit Not to pass the time

Not to pass the time

“If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it? What we must have are books that come upon us like ill-fortune and distress us deeply.” – Franz Kafka

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