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Elias Canetti Quotes

Elias Canetti quotes

Swiss Author, Playwright July 25, 1905 – August 13, 1994

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Elias Canetti quote: "When you write down your life, every page should contain..."
When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about. Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti quote: "People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation."
People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation. Elias Canetti
Books have no life; they lack feeling maybe, and perhaps cannot feel pain, as animals and even plants feel pain. But what proof have we that inorganic objects can feel no pain? Who knows if a book may not yearn for other books, its companions of many years, in some way strange to us and therefore never yet perceived? Elias Canetti
I have no sounds that could serve to soothe me, no violoncello like him, no lament that anyone would recognize as a lament because it sounds subdued, in an inexpressibly tender language. I have only these lines on the yellowish paper and words that are never new, for they keep saying the same thing through an entire life. Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti quote: "One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement..."
One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it. Elias Canetti
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure. Elias Canetti
Almost Kien was tempted to believe in happiness, that contemptible life-goal of illiterates. If it came of itself, without being hunted for, if you did not hold it fast by force and treated it with a certain condescension, it was permissible to endure its presence for a few days Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti quote: "Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is..."
Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence. Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti quote: "Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf."
Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf. Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti quote: "As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one..."
As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do. Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti quote: "There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the..."
There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight. Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti quote: "The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even..."
The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation. Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti quote: "Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent..."
Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long. Elias Canetti
Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? Elias Canetti
...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you? Elias Canetti

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