Isaac Bashevis Singer
Quotations
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“The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual – when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions – it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual – when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions – it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“The waste basket is the writer’s best friend.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer
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