More from Isaac Bashevis Singer

  1. People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic,…
  2. The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
  3. Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
  4. The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
  5. Man cannot live without self-control
  6. The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.
  7. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
  8. The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual -…

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