There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever… money, for instance, or war.
SAUL BELLOWThe 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.
More Saul Bellow Quotes
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Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
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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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When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
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With 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.
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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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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 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 great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
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In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
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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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I’m glad I haven’t lived in vain.
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Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.
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In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn’t tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California.
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People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.
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There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for.
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