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His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.

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Elias Canetti
Age: 89 †
Born: 1905
Born: July 25
Died: 1994
Died: August 14
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Rousse
Elías Canetti
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I want to keep smashing myself until I am whole.
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I would like to become tolerant without overlooking anything, persecute no one even when all people persecute me become better without noticing it become sadder, but enjoy living become more serene, be happy in others belong to no one, grow in everyone love the best, comfort the worst not even hate myself anymore.
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There can be no Creator, simply because his grief at the fate of his creation would be inconceivable and unendurable.
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It is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation in which the fear changes into its opposite… The reversal of fear of being touched belongs to the nature of crowds. The feeling of relief is most striking where the density of the crowd is greatest
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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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The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind
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Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.
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Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true
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Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.
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One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
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Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.
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Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.
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One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.
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Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.
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...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?
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The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else.
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He would like to start from scratch. Where is scratch?
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It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
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History portrays everything as if it could not have come otherwise. History is on the side of what happened.
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Speak as though it were the last sentence allowed you.
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