574 Quotes by Saul Bellow

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    Great pressure is brought to bear to make us undervalue ourselves. On the other hand, civilization teaches that each of us is an inestimable prize. There are, then, these two preparations: one for life and the other for death. Therefore we value and are ashamed to value ourselves.

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    ... an era of turmoil and ideological confusion, the principal phenomenon of the present age.

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    Only self-hatred could lead him to ruin himself because his heart was "broken.

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    Is love supposed to ruin you? It seems to me you shouldn't destroy yourself out of life for purposes of love--or what good is it?

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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.

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    Unfortunately for the betterment of mankind it is not always the fair-minded who are in the right.

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