J. Agee, trans. (1989), p. 20
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One who obeys himself suffocates as surely as one who obeys others.
— Elias Canetti
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Elias Canetti" (Quotes, Das Geheimherz der Uhr [The Secret Heart of the Clock] (1987))
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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.
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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