There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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 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...

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.

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......

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...