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Saul Bellow Quotes: 11

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.
What is art but a way of seeing?
Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.
Herzog
It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart.
A man is only as good as what he loves.
With one long breath, caught and held in his chest, he fought his sadness over his solitary life. Don't cry, you idiot! Live or die, but don't poison everything...
Herzog
Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.
Ravelstein
There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep.
He didn't ask "Where will you spend eternity?"as religious the-end-is-near picketers did but rather, "With what, in this modern democracy, will you meet the demands of your soul?
Ravelstein
Everybody wants to have intimate conversations, but the smart fellows don't give out only the fools. The smart fellows talk intimately about the fools, and examine them all over and give them advice.
Seize the Day