"The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else."
–– Elias Canetti (1905-1994), Bulgarian-born novelist
Source: Linda Trichler Metcalf and Tobin Simon. Writing the Mind Alive: The Proprioceptive Method for Finding Your Authentic Voice. New York: Ballantine Books, 2002, p. 1.
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2024, p. 22.
"In the best times of my life I always think I am making room, even more room in me. Here I shovel away snow, there I raise aloft a piece of fallen sky; there are superfluous lakes, I let them run out (I save the fish), overgrown forests, I drive crowds of apes into them, everything is astir, but there's never enough room, I never ask why, I never feel why, I just have to keep making room, on and on, and as long as I can do so, I merit my life."
–– Elias Canetti (1905-1994), Bulgarian-born novelist
via: Sketchbook 11, 2010, p. 11
