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 "Kill me, or else you are a murderer!"
 ~ Kafka, Franz (1883-1924)
 Franz Kafka was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka strongly influenced genres such as existentialism. 
 
 
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