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“I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand”

Song lyrics, Shot of Love (1981), Every Grain Of Sand
Variant: "I am hanging in the balance of a perfect, finished plan" (The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1–3)

“But I would not feel so all alone, everybody must get stoned!”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blonde on Blonde (1966), Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

“You see, you're just like me. I hope you're satisfied.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blonde on Blonde (1966), Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

“Everything passes
Everything changes
Just do what you think you should do
And someday maybe
Who knows, baby
I'll come and be cryin' to you”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964), To Ramona

“It was gravity which pulled us in and destiny which broke us apart”

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Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Idiot Wind

“I'm not sorry for nothin' I've done
I'm glad I fought—I only wish we'd won”

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Song lyrics, Love and Theft (2001), Honest with Me

“And Louise holds a handful of rain, tempting you to defy it.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blonde on Blonde (1966), Visions of Johanna

“I began to think about William Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I would reckon he thought of himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writing literature couldn't have entered his head. His words were written for the stage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I'm sure he was thinking about a lot of different things: "Who're the right actors for these roles?" "How should this be staged?" "Do I really want to set this in Denmark?" His creative vision and ambitions were no doubt at the forefront of his mind, but there were also more mundane matters to consider and deal with. "Is the financing in place?" "Are there enough good seats for my patrons?" "Where am I going to get a human skull?"”

Bob Dylan

I would bet that the farthest thing from Shakespeare's mind was the question "Is this literature?"
Nobel Banquet Speech

“They talk about a life of brotherly love? Show me someone who knows how to live it.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Slow Train Coming (1979), Slow Train

“How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn't see?”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Blowin' in the Wind

“When I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears, it was the best damn thing I saw anybody do.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Knocked Out Loaded (1986), Brownsville Girl (with Sam Shepard)

“(Alternate version.) A brave man will kill you with a sword, a coward with a kiss.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Slow Train Coming (1979), Gonna Change My Way of Thinking

“Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
Who for reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988), Tweeter and the Monkey Man

“You don't count the dead When God's on your side”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964), With God On Our Side
Variant: You never ask questions When God's on your side

“The whole world's a bottle, And life's but a dram, When the bottle gets empty, It sure ain't worth a damn.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 (1991), Moonshiner (recorded 1963)

“You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Infidels (1983), Jokerman

“I kiss good-bye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Idiot Wind

“Oh Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blonde on Blonde (1966), Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

“Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean
I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss
For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, The Times They Are A-Changin (1964), Boots of Spanish Leather

“If someone had ever told me that I had the slightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have to think that I'd have about the same odds as standing on the moon.”

Bob Dylan

Nobel Banquet Speech