Reuters quote of the day, April 5

LONDON, Apr 4 (Reuters) Following is a notable quote from history. ''A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.'' -- American novelist Saul Bellow, in a speech accepting the Nobel Prize in 1976. Bellow, who rose from writing book reviews for apiece to become one of America's greatest novelists after World War Two, died on April 5, 2005.

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