It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

About Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005) was a Canadian and American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National Book...

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There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.

Nature only knows one thing, and that's the present. Present, present, eternal present, like a big, huge, giant wave—colossal, bright, and beautiful, full of life and death, climbing into the sky, standing in the seas.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.

What is art but a way of seeing?

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Your pasion must come from the things that fuel you from the inside. Honors and awards are nice things, but only to the extent that they regard the real respect from your peers.

You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more things and the more money you have, the more you will look around and use that as the metric and there will be someone with more.

—Robert Sternberg

You will need to find your passion. Don't give up on finding it because then all you're doing is waiting for the Reaper.

—Rebecca West

I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

—Oprah Winfrey

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

—Oprah Winfrey

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