In this quote, Kafka is expressing a sense of fear and unease towards both the night and the absence of night. Using the word "dread" recommends a deep and extreme feeling of anxiety and apprehension. The repeating of the word "fear" highlights the intensity of this emotion. By pointing out both the night and the not-night, Kafka is highlighting the concept that worry can exist in both darkness and light. This quote could likewise be analyzed as a reflection of the human propensity to fear the unidentified, whether it be the darkness of night or the unpredictability of what lies beyond it. Overall, this quote communicates a sense of ingrained worry and discomfort towards the unidentified and the unfamiliar.
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress"
"So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!"
"Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree"
"He appeared every night, like myself, at about nine o'clock, in the office of Mr. Tyler, to learn the news brought in the night Associated Press report. He knew me from the Bull Run campaign as a correspondent of the press"
