More by Saul Bellow
There's something that remains barbarous in educated people, and lately I've more and more had the feeling that we are nonwondering primitives.
It All Adds Up (1994)
A good American makes propaganda for whatever existence has forced him to become.
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.
The Adventures of Augie March (1953)
Death is the dark backing that a mirror needs if we are to see anything.
Humboldt's Gift (1975)
I never yet touched a fig leaf that didn't turn into a price tag.
Humboldt's Gift (1975)
The principles of Western liberalism seem no longer to lend themselves to effective action. Deprived of the expressive power, we are awed by it, have a hunger for it, and are afraid of it.
It All Adds Up (1994)
Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance.
It All Adds Up (1994)
Writers, poets, painters, musicians, philosophers, political thinkers, to name only a few of the categories affected, must woo their readers, viewers, listeners, from distraction.
It All Adds Up (1994)
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