We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are,… - Saul Bellow

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We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow (10 June 1915 – 5 April 2005) was a Canadian-born American writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and the National Medal of Arts in 1988.

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Birth Name: Solomon Bellows

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Beauty is not a human invention.

The body, she says, is subject to the force of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure.

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.
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We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire. - Saul Bellow

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