FRANZ KAFKA - QUOTES COLLECTIONBIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONS ABOUT FRANZ KAFKAFranz Kafka, one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in 20th-century literature, was born on July 3, 1883, in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now the capital of the Czech Republic. He was the eldest son of Hermann Kafka, a successful merchant, and Julie Kafka, a devoutly religious woman. Kafka had five siblings, though only three survived into adulthood: his sisters, Gabriele ("e;Elli"e;) and Valli, and his brother, Georg. QUOTES SAMPLES: "e;Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."e; "e;So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being."e; "e;Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable."e; "e;I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy."e; "e;If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?"e; "e;It is often safer to be in chains than to be free."e;