More from Isaac Bashevis Singer

  1. The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
  2. The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual -…
  3. The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
  4. The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.
  5. Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
  6. There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would …
  7. People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic,…
  8. There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

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