"I will not utter my brother's names in front of this monster"

"Gregor realized that he must not under any circumstances allow the manager to go away in this frame of mind, especially if his position was not to be placed in the greatest danger."

"Then his father gave him one really strong liberating push from behind, and he scurried, bleeding severely, far into the interior of his room."

"it was all left to him on his own"

If it were Gregor he would have long ago realized that a communal life among human beings is not possible with such an animal.

"In any case, no one paid him any attention."

"as her hands reached the back of his father's head and she begged him to spare Gregor's life."

"Even her entrance was terrible for him"

"'It must be gotten rid of,' cried the sister.' That is the only way, Father. You must try to get rid of that this is Gregor.'"

"The stresses of trade are much greater than the work going on at head office, and, in addition to that, I have to deal with the problems of traveling, the worries about train connections,irregular bad food, temporary and constantly changing human relationships, which never come from the heart."

"We must try to get rid of it," the sister now said decisively to the father..."

¨the sister, exhausted from her daily work, had grown tired of caring for Gregor as she had before, even then the mother did not have to come at all on her behalf¨