Quote by Saul Bellow

“That which had made Helmholtz so uncomfortably aware of being himself and all alone was too much ability.”

— Aldous Huxley

“another of their acquaintances finds himself mesmerised by the way that he 'always had something of ... rivetting stupidity to say on any subject'.”

— Craig Brown

“Didn't it bother him that he was teaching his students poetry when he was certain it wouldn't make a difference in how their lives…

— Jenny Zhang

“He was one of those people whose ideas are too lively to be confined in their brains and spill out into the world to…

— Susanna Clarke

“His face was a study in concentration and empathy, as if every word I said was of supreme importance. It was that expression, that…

— Amy Harmon

“He still had the young person’s predisposition to regard the world as a series of vaguely irritating problems created by people less cool and…

— Justin Cronin

“I despised him as one fit only for amusement, a man with whom I associated for that sole purpose.”

— Osamu Dazai

“And his principal complaint about other human beings was that they so seldom noticed it when they were happy. If this isn't nice, I…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I was glad to be rid of him. He was one of those people who could go to New York and be "fascinating," but…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“... I was disturbed by how many of my classmates disliked Thoreau, railed against him even, as if he (who claimed never to have…

— Donna Tartt

“I also found it particularly encouraging that the decent people in his life were now outnumbering the crazy bitches”

— R.K. Lilley

“A great many people, he had noticed, spent large parts of their time worrying about things they were powerless to alter. Had they concentrated…

— Setterfield Diane