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“Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep.”

Book:Novels, 1944-1953

Work

Novels, 1944-1953

This book is a compilation of various novels released during the post-World War II era, showcasing the literary trends and themes prevalent in the 1940s and 1950s. more

Author

Saul Bellow

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'. more

“The thought came over me that never would one full and absolute moment, containing all the others, justify my life, that all of my instants would be provisional phases, annihilators of the past turned to face the future, and that beyond the episodic, the present, the circumstantial, we were nobody.”

Moments Would Be Past Faces Absolutes Instant Justify Phases Containing

Book:Selected Non-fictions

Source: Selected Non-fictions

“So?" Bob said. "Hat up, go kill her. Problem solved." "Bob," I said. "You can't just go around killing people." "I know. That's why you should do it." "No, no. I can't go around killing people, either.”

People Knows Should Said I Can Problem Killing Hats Bob

Book:Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files

Source: Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files

“The difference between a pebble and a mountain lies in whom you ask to move it.”

Moving Lying Asks Differences Inspiring Mountain Pebbles

Author:Marcus Buckingham

“Such silly things, children -- and so embarrassing -- because they keep changing themselves out of shame, out of a need to be loved or something. While animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.”