The Dean's December Quotes

“For God's sake,' the dog is saying, 'open the universe a little more!”
― Saul Bellow, The Dean's December

“There’s the big advantage of backwardness. By the time the latest ideas reach Chicago, they’re worn thin and easy to see through. You don’t have to bother with them and it saves lots of trouble.”
― Saul Bellow, The Dean's December

“I imagine, sometimes, that if a film could be made of one’s life, every other frame would be death. It goes so fast we’re not aware of it. Destruction and resurrection in alternate beats of being, but speed makes it seem continuous. But you see, kid, with ordinary consciousness you can’t even begin to know what’s happening.”
― Saul Bellow, The Dean's December

“-Hai să spunem că mi-am plătit lecţiile. Mi-a predat un curs special.
-Si ce-ai învăţat, dragule?
-Lucruri pe care s-ar fi cuvenit să le aflu cu cincizeci de ani în urmă. Am urmat un seminar postuniversitar de neghiobie şi dobitocie.
-Poate un sfert de milion n-a fost de-ajuns pentru plata lecţiilor.
-Inteleg ce vrei să spui. N-am suferit destul prin pierderea acestei sume. Am rămas tot dobitoc şi acum nu mai am bani ca să mă înscriu la un alt curs.”
― Saul Bellow, The Dean's December