"And I said to myself that unless you……" — Saul Bellow
"And I said to myself that unless you conceive Death to be a violent guerrilla and kidnaper who snatches those you love, and if you are not cowardly and cannot submit to such terrorism as civilized people now do in every department of life, you must pursue and inquire and explore every possibility and seek everywhere and try everything."
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Saul Bellow
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215 Quotes by Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow has 215 quotes on this site.
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A man is only as good as what he loves.
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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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There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we…
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Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.
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Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
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No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.
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When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
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Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the…
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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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She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.
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We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.
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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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