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

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

- 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 overwhel…

- Elias Canetti

In five minutes the earth would be a desert, and you cling to books.

- Elias Canetti

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

- Elias Canetti

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about

- Elias Canetti

Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.

- Elias Canetti

Learning is the art of ignoring.

- Elias Canetti

Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave.

- Elias Canetti