The Secret Heart of the Clock Quotes

“The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation, and it seems most true when it eschews artistic devices of any sort.”
― Elias Canetti, The Secret Heart of the Clock

“Let them take pleasure in your misfortune, everyone, all of them, as long as you don’t take pleasure in theirs, under no condition, ever.”
― Elias Canetti, The Secret Heart of the Clock

“Un seul beau son est plus beau qu’un long parler.”
― Elias Canetti, The Secret Heart of the Clock