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Saul Bellow, born on June 10, 1915, in Canada, was an American Jewish writer. His works are known for their profound psychological insights and unique sense of humor. Bellow won the Nobel Prize in Literature. His representative works include 'Herzog', 'The Adventures of Augie March', and 'Henderson the Rain King'.

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“And what about all the good I have in my heart - does it mean anything?”

Heart Mean Doe My Heart

Author:Saul Bellow

“Art -- the fresh feeling, new harmony, the transforming magic which by means of myth brings back the scattered distracted soul from its modern chaos -- art, not politics, is the remedy.”

Mean Art Soul Feelings Magic Modern Harmony Chaos Myth Remedy Distracted Transforming

Author:Saul Bellow

“She's very pretty but she's honey from the icebox, if you know what I mean. Cold sweets won't spread.”

Ifs Knows Mean Sweet Cold Spread Honey

Book:Humboldt's Gift

Source: Humboldt's Gift

“It is wrong to turn a man (a subject) into a thing (an object). By means of spiritual dialogue, the I-It relationship becomes an I-Thou relationship. God comes and goes in man's soul. And men come and go in each other's souls. Sometimes they come and go in each other's beds, too.”

Men Mean Soul Sometimes Spiritual Turns Subjects Objects Bed Dialogue Comes And Goes

Book:Herzog

Source: Herzog

“I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don't you know how many things there are to be disappointed in besides love? You are lucky to be still disappointed in love. Later it may be even more terrible.”

Knows May Mean Has Beens Stills Know How Love You Terrible Lucky Disappointed Disappointed Love

Book:The Adventures of Augie March

Source: The Adventures of Augie March

“In every community there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don't mean the criminals. For them we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably the most dangerous people seek the power. While in the parlors of indignation the right-thinking citizen brings his heart to a boil. (p. 51)”

People Thinking Heart Mean Community Leader Class Dangerous Citizens Criminals Sanctions Indignation Parlor

Book:Herzog

Source: Herzog

“We are all such accidents. We do not make up history and culture. We simply appear, not by our own choice. We make what we can of our condition with the means available. We must accept the mixture as we find it - the impurity of it, the tragedy of it, the hope of it.”

Mean Choices Culture Accepting Conditions Tragedy Available Accidents Mixtures Impurity History And Culture

Book:There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction

Source: There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction

“My face too blind, my mind too limited, my instincts too narrow. But this intensity, doesn't it mean anything?”

Life Mind Mean Faces Blind Instinct Intensity

Book:Herzog

Source: Herzog

About the Author

Born: June 10, 1915
Died: April 5, 2005
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 287

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