I blame myself for not often enough seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. Somewhere in his journals, Dostoyevky … - Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow

I blame myself for not often enough seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. Somewhere in his journals, Dostoyevky remarks that a writer can begin anywhere, at the most commonplace thing, scratch around in it long enough, pry and dig away long enough, and lo!, soon he will hit upon the marvelous.

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