You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. – Elias Canetti
Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. – Elias Canetti
You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. – Elias Canetti
Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. – Elias Canetti
There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth. – Elias Canetti
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure. – Elias Canetti