All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

—Elias Canetti

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About Elias Canetti

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Elias Canetti (; German: [eˈliːas kaˈnɛti]; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a German-language writer, known as a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer.

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Every decision is liberating even if it leads to disaster.

—Elias Canetti

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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

—Bertrand Russell

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Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.

Honestly, I don't care what we do. I just want to stay wrapped around him for as long as possible, fighting sleep and forgetting about the rest of the world.

—Karen M. McManus in One of Us Is Lying

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the bloody night, or when you're half awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is.

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Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

—Gregory Bateson

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