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Evil is whatever distracts. - Franz Kafka (Dearest Father: Stories and Other Writings Quotes)

Evil is whatever distracts.[Böse ist das, was ablenkt.]

Source:Dearest Father: Stories and Other Writings (Schocken Books, ed. 1954), Chapter 3. The Eight Octavo Notebooks, Page 75
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  • Name: Franz Kafka
  • Profession: Writer, Novelist
  • Born: July 3, 1883 - June 3, 1924
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