"I experience spasms, a sort of shivering, a lot of yawning, disgust, total despondency, the blood rushes violently to my head, then I feel dizzy, spinning, which makes me stumble, and a thousand other things proving a great tension in the body, and a great irritation in the nervous system."

"New York likes neither to sit nor to lie down. It's a city that sleeps standing."

As 2024 marks the 100th year anniversary of Kafka's passing, it is an ideal time to explore his writings and persona from a different perspective.