Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.

Quote by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.

The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of...

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of...

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in...

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in...

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written...

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written...

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions

The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.

The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and...

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and...

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or...

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or...

Life is God's novel. Let him write it

Life is God's novel. Let him write it

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum...

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum...

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is...

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is...

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or...

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or...

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but...

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but...

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story,...

I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story,...

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just...

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just...

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.