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My face too blind, my mind too limited, my instincts too narrow. But this intensity, doesn't it mean anything?

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
Face
Faces
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Anything
Narrow
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Intensity
Mind
Limited
Life
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Blind

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