Swiss - Author | July 25, 1905 - August 13, 1994
His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.
Elias Canetti
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Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.
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People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.
LoveHatePeopleAccusation
Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.
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The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.
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When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about.
LifeYouDownPageWriteSomething
People's fates are simplified by their names.
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It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
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One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.
LifeCravingEndorsementConfuse
Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.
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All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
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The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.
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