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Famous Elias Canetti Quotes
“Every command leaves behind a painful sting in the person who is forced to carry it out.”
“If anyone was ever cognizant of the need and function of 'litanies', it was Kafka.”
“Literality in satire is the condemnation by quotation.”
“There is, in Kafka, a sort of sleep-worship; he regards sleep as a panacea.”
“The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring.”
“The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else.”
“It is important what a man still plans at the end. It shows the measure of injustice in his death.”
“Death is a scandal. The machine is functioning, we are all hostages”
“Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.”
“The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind”