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Saul Bellow Quotes

The soul has to find and hold its ground against hostile forces, sometimes embodied in ideas which frequently deny its very existence, and which indeed often seem to be trying to annul it altogether Picture Quote #1

Language is a spiritual mansion in which you live and nobody has the right to evict you Picture Quote #1

A writer is in the broadest sense a spokesman of his community. Through him that community comes to know its heart. Without such knowledge, how long can it survive? Picture Quote #1

There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger Picture Quote #1

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he’s a writer. It’s an aphrodisiac Picture Quote #1

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately Picture Quote #1

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California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn’t really need. You can quote me on that Picture Quote #1

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining Picture Quote #1

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love Picture Quote #1

I’ve never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn’t have a price tag on the other side Picture Quote #1

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things Picture Quote #1

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write Picture Quote #1

There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book Picture Quote #1

We mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals Picture Quote #1

All human accomplishment has this same origin, identically. Imagination is a force of nature. Is this not enough to make a person full of ecstasy? Imagination, imagination, imagination! It converts to actual. It sustains, it alters, it redeems! Picture Quote #1

It’s usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart Picture Quote #1

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I don’t actually take much stock in the collapsing culture bit. I’m beginning to see it instead as the conduct of life without input from your soul Picture Quote #1

With one long breath, caught and held in his chest, he fought his sadness over his solitary life. Don’t cry, you idiot! Live or die, but don’t poison everything Picture Quote #1

Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with anguish. The real tedium, deep tedium, is seasoned with terror and with death Picture Quote #1

We are funny creatures. We don’t see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire Picture Quote #1

I am a true adorer of life, and if I can’t reach as high as the face of it, I plant my kiss somewhere lower down. Those who understand will require no further explanation Picture Quote #1

A human soul devoid of longing was a soul deformed, deprived of its highest good, sick unto death Picture Quote #1

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Ninety per cent of life is a nightmare, do you think I am going to get it rounded up to hundred per cent? Picture Quote #1

You have to fight for your life. That’s the chief condition on which you hold it Picture Quote #1

She’s very pretty but she’s honey from the icebox, if you know what I mean. Cold sweets won’t spread Picture Quote #1

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half Picture Quote #1

People don’t realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature Picture Quote #1

Also, he was smoking a cigar, and when a man is smoking a cigar, wearing a hat, he has an advantage; it is harder to find out how he feels Picture Quote #1

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The soul has to find and hold its ground against hostile forces, sometimes embodied in ideas which frequently deny its very existence, and which indeed often seem to be trying to annul it altogether (Saul Bellow Quotes) Language is a spiritual mansion in which you live and nobody has the right to evict you (Saul Bellow Quotes) A writer is in the broadest sense a spokesman of his community. Through him that community comes to know its heart. Without such knowledge, how long can it survive? (Saul Bellow Quotes) There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger (Saul Bellow Quotes) All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he’s a writer. It’s an aphrodisiac (Saul Bellow Quotes) Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately (Saul Bellow Quotes) California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn’t really need. You can quote me on that (Saul Bellow Quotes) Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining (Saul Bellow Quotes) Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love (Saul Bellow Quotes) I’ve never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn’t have a price tag on the other side (Saul Bellow Quotes) If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things (Saul Bellow Quotes) There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war (Saul Bellow Quotes) 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 (Saul Bellow Quotes) You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write (Saul Bellow Quotes) There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book (Saul Bellow Quotes) We mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals (Saul Bellow Quotes) All human accomplishment has this same origin, identically. Imagination is a force of nature. Is this not enough to make a person full of ecstasy? Imagination, imagination, imagination! It converts to actual. It sustains, it alters, it redeems! (Saul Bellow Quotes) It’s usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart (Saul Bellow Quotes) I don’t actually take much stock in the collapsing culture bit. I’m beginning to see it instead as the conduct of life without input from your soul (Saul Bellow Quotes) With one long breath, caught and held in his chest, he fought his sadness over his solitary life. Don’t cry, you idiot! Live or die, but don’t poison everything (Saul Bellow Quotes) Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with anguish. The real tedium, deep tedium, is seasoned with terror and with death (Saul Bellow Quotes) We are funny creatures. We don’t see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire (Saul Bellow Quotes) I am a true adorer of life, and if I can’t reach as high as the face of it, I plant my kiss somewhere lower down. Those who understand will require no further explanation (Saul Bellow Quotes) A human soul devoid of longing was a soul deformed, deprived of its highest good, sick unto death (Saul Bellow Quotes) Ninety per cent of life is a nightmare, do you think I am going to get it rounded up to hundred per cent? (Saul Bellow Quotes) You have to fight for your life. That’s the chief condition on which you hold it (Saul Bellow Quotes) She’s very pretty but she’s honey from the icebox, if you know what I mean. Cold sweets won’t spread (Saul Bellow Quotes) You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half (Saul Bellow Quotes) People don’t realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature (Saul Bellow Quotes) Also, he was smoking a cigar, and when a man is smoking a cigar, wearing a hat, he has an advantage; it is harder to find out how he feels (Saul Bellow Quotes)

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