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Human character is smaller now, people don't have durable passions they've replaced passions with excitement.

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
Replaced
Passions
Excitement
Passion
Character
Human
Humans
Durable
People
Smaller

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