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Saul Bellow Quotes

A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him Picture Quote #1

I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don’t you know how many things there are to be disappointed in besides love? You are lucky to be still disappointed in love. Later it may be even more terrible Picture Quote #1

I want to tell you, don’t marry suffering. Some people do. They get married to it, and sleep and eat together, just as husband and wife. If they go with joy they think it’s adultery Picture Quote #1

The flesh would shrink and go, the blood would dry, but no one believes in his mind of minds or heart of hearts that the pictures do stop Picture Quote #1

One must bear in mind the odd angle or slant that the rays of love have to take in order to reach a heart like mine Picture Quote #1

The body, she says, is subject to the force of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure Picture Quote #1

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When I didn’t argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake Picture Quote #1

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone Picture Quote #1

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t that he was specially ungenerous but that he put things off to give his generosity a longer and more significant route Picture Quote #1

I labor, I spend, I strive, I design, I love, I cling, I uphold, I give way, I envy, I long, I scorn, I die, I hide, I want. Faster, much faster than any man could make the tally Picture Quote #1

The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters Picture Quote #1

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I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos Picture Quote #1

The life of every citizen is becoming a business. This, it seems to me, is one of the worst interpretations of the meaning of human life history has ever seen. Man’s life is not a business Picture Quote #1

It’s no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite Picture Quote #1

... a fellow can’t predict what he will pick up in the form of influence Picture Quote #1

The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred Picture Quote #1

My face too blind, my mind too limited, my instincts too narrow. But this intensity, doesn’t it mean anything? Picture Quote #1

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An exchange occurs between man and woman. Love and thought complete each other in the human pair, and something like an exchange of souls takes place, according to the divine plan Picture Quote #1

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm. I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction Picture Quote #1

In the history of the world many souls have been, are, and will be, and with a little reflection this is marvelous and not depressing. Many jerks are made gloomy about it, for they think quantity buries them alive. That’s just crazy. Numbers are very dangerous, but the main thing about them is that they humble your pride. And that’s good Picture Quote #1

In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But the channel is always there, and it is our business to keep it open, to have access to the deepest part of ourselves Picture Quote #1

Everyone tries to create a world he can live in, and what he can’t use he often can’t see. But the real world is already created, and if your fabrication doesn’t correspond, then even if you feel noble and insist on there being something better than what people call reality, that better something needn’t try to exceed what, in its actuality, since we know it so little, may be very surprising. If a happy state of things, surprising; if miserable or tragic, no worse than what we invent Picture Quote #1

I am something of a crank about sleep, for if I get seven and a quarter hours instead of eight I feel afflicted and drag myself around, although there’s nothing really wrong with me. It’s just another idea. That’s how it is with my ideas; they seem to get strong while I weaken Picture Quote #1

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The ocean was waiting with grand and bitter provocations, as if it invited you to think how deep it was, how much colder than your blood or saltier, or to outguess it, to tell which were its feints or passes and which its real intentions, meaning business Picture Quote #1

I am deeply moved when I write. I get turned on by it. I’ve never used any drugs for stimulation. I don’t use words loosely. When I’m working and the right word comes, there is an answering resonance within me. There is also a hardness of intention that goes with it. There is no idleness in it Picture Quote #1

For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and there is no telling what may come of it Picture Quote #1

I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, to hell with you Picture Quote #1

The book of the world, so richly studied by autodidacts, is being closed by the learned, who are raising walls of opinions to shut the world out Picture Quote #1

Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance Picture Quote #1

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A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him (Saul Bellow Quotes) I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don’t you know how many things there are to be disappointed in besides love? You are lucky to be still disappointed in love. Later it may be even more terrible (Saul Bellow Quotes) I want to tell you, don’t marry suffering. Some people do. They get married to it, and sleep and eat together, just as husband and wife. If they go with joy they think it’s adultery (Saul Bellow Quotes) The flesh would shrink and go, the blood would dry, but no one believes in his mind of minds or heart of hearts that the pictures do stop (Saul Bellow Quotes) One must bear in mind the odd angle or slant that the rays of love have to take in order to reach a heart like mine (Saul Bellow Quotes) The body, she says, is subject to the force of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure (Saul Bellow Quotes) When I didn’t argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake (Saul Bellow Quotes) Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone (Saul Bellow Quotes) Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul (Saul Bellow Quotes) It wasn’t that he was specially ungenerous but that he put things off to give his generosity a longer and more significant route (Saul Bellow Quotes) I labor, I spend, I strive, I design, I love, I cling, I uphold, I give way, I envy, I long, I scorn, I die, I hide, I want. Faster, much faster than any man could make the tally (Saul Bellow Quotes) The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters (Saul Bellow Quotes) I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos (Saul Bellow Quotes) The life of every citizen is becoming a business. This, it seems to me, is one of the worst interpretations of the meaning of human life history has ever seen. Man’s life is not a business (Saul Bellow Quotes) It’s no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite (Saul Bellow Quotes) ... a fellow can’t predict what he will pick up in the form of influence (Saul Bellow Quotes) The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred (Saul Bellow Quotes) My face too blind, my mind too limited, my instincts too narrow. But this intensity, doesn’t it mean anything? (Saul Bellow Quotes) An exchange occurs between man and woman. Love and thought complete each other in the human pair, and something like an exchange of souls takes place, according to the divine plan (Saul Bellow Quotes) I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm. I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction (Saul Bellow Quotes) In the history of the world many souls have been, are, and will be, and with a little reflection this is marvelous and not depressing. Many jerks are made gloomy about it, for they think quantity buries them alive. That’s just crazy. Numbers are very dangerous, but the main thing about them is that they humble your pride. And that’s good (Saul Bellow Quotes) In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But the channel is always there, and it is our business to keep it open, to have access to the deepest part of ourselves (Saul Bellow Quotes) Everyone tries to create a world he can live in, and what he can’t use he often can’t see. But the real world is already created, and if your fabrication doesn’t correspond, then even if you feel noble and insist on there being something better than what people call reality, that better something needn’t try to exceed what, in its actuality, since we know it so little, may be very surprising. If a happy state of things, surprising; if miserable or tragic, no worse than what we invent (Saul Bellow Quotes) I am something of a crank about sleep, for if I get seven and a quarter hours instead of eight I feel afflicted and drag myself around, although there’s nothing really wrong with me. It’s just another idea. That’s how it is with my ideas; they seem to get strong while I weaken (Saul Bellow Quotes) The ocean was waiting with grand and bitter provocations, as if it invited you to think how deep it was, how much colder than your blood or saltier, or to outguess it, to tell which were its feints or passes and which its real intentions, meaning business (Saul Bellow Quotes) I am deeply moved when I write. I get turned on by it. I’ve never used any drugs for stimulation. I don’t use words loosely. When I’m working and the right word comes, there is an answering resonance within me. There is also a hardness of intention that goes with it. There is no idleness in it (Saul Bellow Quotes) For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and there is no telling what may come of it (Saul Bellow Quotes) I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, to hell with you (Saul Bellow Quotes) The book of the world, so richly studied by autodidacts, is being closed by the learned, who are raising walls of opinions to shut the world out (Saul Bellow Quotes) Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance (Saul Bellow Quotes)

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