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Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me.

Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me.

Approximate author period: c. 1903 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Franz Kafka
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1903 AD · modern
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