一冊の小説は、「ほんの少しの正しい印象」と、我々が人生と呼ぶものの大部分を構成する「無数の間違った印象」との間を、往ったり来たりするものだ。 - ソール・ベロー (1915 - 2005)
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A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. - Saul Bellow (1915 - 2005)
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
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