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Franziska is the woman that the narrator of What story down there awaits its end? seems to love, but he only ever likes to run into her by chance. She reveals how this narrator’s fears of a deeper relationship make him keep other people at a distance—at the end of the story, a literal chasm between the narrator and Franziska symbolizes this fear.
Franziska Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler
The If on a winter’s night a traveler quotes below are all either spoken by Franziska or refer to Franziska. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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What story down there awaits its end?
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On the ground that separates me from Franziska I see some fissures open, some furrows, crevasses; at each moment one of my feet is about to be caught in a pitfall: these interstices widen, soon a chasm will yawn between me and Franziska, an abyss!
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Franziska Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler
The If on a winter’s night a traveler quotes below are all either spoken by Franziska or refer to Franziska. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
What story down there awaits its end?
Quotes
On the ground that separates me from Franziska I see some fissures open, some furrows, crevasses; at each moment one of my feet is about to be caught in a pitfall: these interstices widen, soon a chasm will yawn between me and Franziska, an abyss!
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