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Death is a scandal. The machine is functioning, we are all hostages

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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 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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I want to keep smashing myself until I am whole.
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The self- explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a final crowning, richer.
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It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.
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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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