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Art is order, made out of the chaos of life.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Solomon Bellows
Chaos
Art
Order
Made
Life

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Is our species crazy? Plenty of evidence.
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I’ve had all the monstrosity I want.
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You have, like the external world, your own phenomena inside.
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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.
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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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From Euclid to Newton there were straight lines. The modern age analyzes the wavers.
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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.
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Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities.
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It's not up to me ... to make the world consistent.
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Death is the dark backing a mirror needs if we are to see anything
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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.
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