Saul Bellow Quote

The idea of making the century's great crime look dull is not banal. Politically, psychologically, the Germans had an idea of genius. The banality was only camouflage. What better way to get the curse out of murder than to make it look ordinary, boring, or trite?... Banality is the adopted disguise of a very powerful will to abolish conscience.

Mr. Sammler's Planet, I

The idea of making the century's great crime look dull is not banal. Politically, psychologically, the Germans had an idea of genius. The banality...

The idea of making the century's great crime look dull is not banal. Politically, psychologically, the Germans had an idea of genius. The banality...

The idea of making the century's great crime look dull is not banal. Politically, psychologically, the Germans had an idea of genius. The banality...

The idea of making the century's great crime look dull is not banal. Politically, psychologically, the Germans had an idea of genius. The banality...