Novels 1984–2000 Quotes

“I discovered, however, in the early days of our marriage that, in having her way, she put my interests ahead of her own.”
― Saul Bellow, Novels 1984–2000: What Kind of Day Did You Have? / More Die of Heartbreak / A Theft / The Bellarosa Connection / The Actual / Ravelstein

“The challenge of modern freedom, or the combination of isolation and freedom which confronts you, is to make yourself up. The danger is that you may emerge from the process as a not-entirely-human creature.”
― Saul Bellow, Novels 1984–2000: What Kind of Day Did You Have? / More Die of Heartbreak / A Theft / The Bellarosa Connection / The Actual / Ravelstein

“The human being now simply can't close his elected garment about himself. Obligations to one's fellows perhaps prevent full buttoning by artists.”
― Saul Bellow, Novels 1984–2000: What Kind of Day Did You Have? / More Die of Heartbreak / A Theft / The Bellarosa Connection / The Actual / Ravelstein

“The noise of the world is so terrible that we can endure it only by being coated with sleep.”
― Saul Bellow, Novels 1984–2000: What Kind of Day Did You Have? / More Die of Heartbreak / A Theft / The Bellarosa Connection / The Actual / Ravelstein