Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

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...

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.

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

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.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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...

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

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 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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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

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

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

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