574 Quotes by Saul Bellow

He liked to wear good clothes, but once he had put it on each article appeared to go its own way.

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

Even if I am not the honestest type in the world I don’t want to lie more than is average.

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde – dyed by her own hand.

You don’t know the meaning of true love if you think it can be deliberately selected. You just love, that’s all. A natural force, irresistible.

Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That’s the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real – the here-and-now. Seize the day.

Love is the most potent cosmetic...

In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be a form of madness, too.

People forget how sensational the things are that they do. They don’t see it on themselves. It blends into the background of their daily life.