“Horror is beyond the reach of psychology. ”

“The culture industry perpetually cheats its consumers of what it perpetually promises. The promissory note which, with its plots and staging, it draws on pleasure is endlessly prolonged; the promise, which is actually all the spectacle consists of, is illusory: all it actually confirms is that the real point will never be reached, that the diner must be satisfied with the menu.”

“The need to let suffering speak is a condition of all truth”

“Writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.”

“People know what they want because they know what other people want.”

“True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.”

“Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.”