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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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.

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.

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...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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

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

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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

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

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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......

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence...

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...