Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
SAUL BELLOWWith a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you’ve fallen into good hands – someone from whom you can accept the anesthetic with confidence.
More Saul Bellow Quotes
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I’m glad I haven’t lived in vain.
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A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.
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She was what we used to call a suicide blonde – dyed by her own hand.
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Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.
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When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
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Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
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A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
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A man is only as good as what he loves.
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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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Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
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California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn’t really need. You can quote me on that.
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All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he’s a writer. It’s an aphrodisiac.
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A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
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I’ve never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn’t have a price tag on the other side.
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People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.
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