Quote by Elias Canetti
You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose i

You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. – Elias Canetti

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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. – Elias Canetti

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Fear
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Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? – Elias Canetti

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Decisions
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There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange. – Elias Canetti

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Mystery
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Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. – Mary Daly

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Names

Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.. – Proverb

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If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things. – Confucius

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Names

Pen names are masks that allow us to unmask ourselves. – Terri Guillemets

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Names

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