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

Quote by Saul Bellow

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A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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......

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

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...

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

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

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...

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of...

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of...

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.