CosmicJocker
26 sep 21
DeRank ™: 22,50
#excerpts (I will never be consistent, so I won't put a number in front)
"No," said the priest, "but I fear it will end badly. You are considered guilty. Perhaps your trial won't even go beyond a lower court. At least for the moment, your guilt is taken for granted."
"But I am not guilty," K. said. "It's a mistake. And then, in general, how can a man be guilty? And here we are all men, just the same."
"That's true," said the priest, "but that is precisely how the guilty speak."
Franz Kafka, The Trial
"No," said the priest, "but I fear it will end badly. You are considered guilty. Perhaps your trial won't even go beyond a lower court. At least for the moment, your guilt is taken for granted."
"But I am not guilty," K. said. "It's a mistake. And then, in general, how can a man be guilty? And here we are all men, just the same."
"That's true," said the priest, "but that is precisely how the guilty speak."
Franz Kafka, The Trial
DeBaser says
right now