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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.

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
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Solomon Bellows
Men
Takes
Exchange
Love
Woman
Pairs
Like
Place
According
Thought
Souls
Soul
Complete
Human
Plan
Humans
Plans
Occurs
Something
Divine
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