This brings me back to the image of Kafka standing before a fish in the Berlin aquarium, a fish on which his gaze fell in a newly found peace after he decided not to eat animals. Kafka recognized that fish as a member of his invisible family- not as his equal, of course, but as another being that was his concern.

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But sleep? On a night like this? What an idea! Just think of how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.

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The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that makes us suffer like the death of someone we love more than ourselves, that make us feel as though we were on the verge of suicide, lost in a forest remote from all human habitation.

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But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?

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Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.

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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

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I carry the bars within me.

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So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.- Franz Kafka

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That was the most important thing to me: making sure 'Gardner Elliot' was likeable and funny and interesting. I took my time before filming to chat with Peter, the director, to create this character. - Asa Butterfield

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Every thing you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love will return in a different way.

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