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Only self-hatred could lead him to ruin himself because his heart was broken.

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Solomon Bellows
Ruin
Ruins
Hatred
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Self
Heart

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