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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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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.

It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.

Oh! all of you poor single men, Don't ever give up in despair, For there's...

Oh! all of you poor single men, Don't ever give up in despair, For there's...

I think serial monogamy says it all.

I think serial monogamy says it all.