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At moments I dislike having a face, a nose, lips, because he has them.
Saul Bellow
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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Solomon Bellows
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Retirement is an illusion. Not a reward but a mantrap. The bankrupt underside of success. A shortcut to death. Golf courses are too much like cemeteries.
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The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters.
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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.
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There are times when the most practical thing is to lie down.
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Associate with the noblest people you can find read the best books live with the mighty but learn to be happy alone.
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How should I know why! I didn't invent human beings, Iggy.
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It is sometimes necessary to repeat what all know. All mapmakers should place the Mississippi in the same location and avoid originality.
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I don't like to write from a flat, cold position. You must like what you're doing very much or like the people -- either like them or hate them. You can't be indifferent.
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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.
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Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand.
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Fun comes hard - like, alas, its prarens, pleasure and happiness, whom we have to pursue.
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From Euclid to Newton there were straight lines. The modern age analyzes the wavers.
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Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance.
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Alternatives, and particularly desirable alternatives, grow only on imaginary trees.
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You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.
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