"The trouble is, I am not at peace with myself; I am not always "something," and if for once I am "something," I pay for it by "being nothing" for mo… - Elias Canetti

"The trouble is, I am not at peace with myself; I am not always "something," and if for once I am "something," I pay for it by "being nothing" for months on end.' — Kafka, quoted by Canetti"

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About Elias Canetti

Elias Canetti (25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a Bulgarian modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer. He wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981.

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Alternative Names: Elías Canetti
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Extender sobre el mundo hecho pedazos un cielo claro que vuelva a unirlo.

A los alemanes, los seis millones de judíos asesinados les han impregnado el cuerpo y el alma; nunca más habrá un alemán que no sea también judío.
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