“I am an American, Chicago born – Chicago, that somber city – and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes an innocent knock, sometimes a not so innocent.”
More from Saul Bellow
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“I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don’t you know how many things there are to…”
“Unless you’re completely exploded, there’s always something to be grateful for.”
“And what about all the good I have in my heart - does it mean anything?”