“Ambition is the death of thought.”
Ehrgeiz ist der Tod des Denkens.
J. Agee, trans. (1989), p. 41
Das Geheimherz der Uhr [The Secret Heart of the Clock] (1987)
Elias Canetti: Quotes about death
Elias Canetti was Bulgarian-born Swiss and British jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer. Explore interesting quotes on death.
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“He will not do death the honor of taking it into account.”
Er erweist dem Tod nicht die Ehre.
J. Agee, trans. (1989), p. 150
Das Geheimherz der Uhr [The Secret Heart of the Clock] (1987)
“I repulse death with all my strength. If I accepted it, I would be a murderer.”
J. Agee, trans. (1989), p. 142
Das Geheimherz der Uhr [The Secret Heart of the Clock] (1987)