| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 31957 |
| QUOTATION: | How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Franz Kafka (18831924), German novelist, short-story writer. The Collected Aphorisms, no. 25 (Oct. 1917-Feb. 1918), published in Shorter Works, vol. 1, ed. and trans. by Malcolm Pasley (1973). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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