A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
SAUL BELLOWThere are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever… money, for instance, or war.
More Saul Bellow Quotes
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Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
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You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.
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Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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A man is only as good as what he loves.
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No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.
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The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what’s in it – they should, because they put it all in beforehand.
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A good novel is worth more than the best scientific study.
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Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
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She was what we used to call a suicide blonde – dyed by her own hand.
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When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
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Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.
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What is art but a way of seeing?
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Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
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