A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more...

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more...

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America...

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America...

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Memory breeds in me strange loneliness.

Memory breeds in me strange loneliness.

Sometimes, it's not the song that makes you emotional, it's the people and things that...

Sometimes, it's not the song that makes you emotional, it's the people and things that...

No matter how many times a girl denies it, she'll always remember every detail, moment...

No matter how many times a girl denies it, she'll always remember every detail, moment...