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Famous Saul Bellow Quotes
“Death is the black backing on the mirror that allows us to see anything at all.”
“I would like to explain that I consider prayer above all an act of gratitude for existence.”
“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”
“Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.”
“Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.”
“No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.”
“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.”
“Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.”
“She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.”
“We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.”
“In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.”
“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”
“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
“If I'm out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog.”
“Guys like you make life easy for some women.”
“How should I know why! I didn't invent human beings, Iggy.”
“The hour that burst the spirit's sleep.”
“Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities.”