In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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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...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

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...

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

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...

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...

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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

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