The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“It is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him,… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
It is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“The hand which scoops up the water is the first vessel. The fingers of both hands intertwined are the first basket. [p. 217]” — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The planets survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
In five minutes the earth would be a desert, and you cling to books. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
It is always the enemy who started it, even if he was not the first to speak out, he was certainly planning it; and… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image