In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

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

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

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

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...

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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

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

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.