Saul Bellow Quote

One naturally regrets not being an expert or one of those insiders who thoroughly understand. It's hell to be an amateur. A little reflection calms your sorrow, however. The experts in their own little speedboat, the rest of us floating with the rest of mankind in a great barge — that is the picture.

"The Day They Signed the Treaty" (1979), p. 224 - It All Adds Up (1994)