At home in the nursery, I usually played alone. Actually,....

“ At home in the nursery, I usually played alone. Actually, I seldom played, I spoke to the wallpaper. The many dark circles in the pattern of the wallpaper seemed like people to me. I made up stories in which they appeared, either I told them the stories or they played with me, I never got tired of the wallpaper people and I could talk to them for hours. ”

Elias Canetti

From : Die gerettete Zunge: Geschichte einer Jugend