Meandering in circles . . .

Today is the birthday of Elias Canetti (July 25, 1905 - August 14, 1994), author. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power". Elias Canetti is best-known for his work, Crowds and Power (1960), an imaginative study of mass movements, death and disordered society.

"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

"Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food." - Elias Canetti

"When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about." - Elias Canetti

"There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight." - Elias Canetti

"All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams." - Elias Canetti

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