The Trial

The only right thing to do is to learn how to deal with the situation as it is.

"A woman's hands will do many things when no-one's looking,"

You've not behaved towards us the way we deserve after being so good to you, you forget that we, whatever we are, we're still free men and you're not, and that's quite an advantage.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves

forced to forbid you to do something that you ought to have forbidden yourself to do

understanding of the same matter are not mutually exclusive

You were so friendly to me earlier on," said K., "and you explained everything, but now you abandon me as if I were nothing to you."

correct understanding of a matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter are not mutually exclusive'.

he no longer knows whether it's really getting darker or just his eyes that are deceiving him.

he considered how freely he had always given his name in the past, for some time now it had been a burden to him, now there were people who knew his name whom he had never seen before, it had been so nice first to introduce yourself and only then for people to know who you were.