i read all his books up until the last 3. i’ve got ‘em and will finish ‘em next.

i always thought i was so goddam smart when i read saul bellow, but never so much so as when i agreed with him.

“In every community there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don’t mean the criminals. For them we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably the most dangerous people seek the power. While in the parlors of indignation the right-thinking citizen brings his heart to a boil. (p. 51)”

- Saul Bellow, Herzog

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