In five minutes the earth would be a desert, and you cling to books. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“Books have no life; they lack feeling maybe, and perhaps cannot feel pain, as animals and even plants feel pain. But what… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“There are books, that one has for twenty years without reading them, that one always keeps at hand, that one takes along… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation, and… — 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
The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Justice begins with the recognition of the necessity of sharing. The oldest law is that which regulates it, and this is still themost important… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
I would like to become tolerant without overlooking anything, persecute no one even when all people persecute me; become better without noticing it; become… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
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