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Bernard Malamud

Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter.
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Book Frivolous Leisure Matter
Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.
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Circles Cutting Experts
If your train’s on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station.
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Stations Track Train
A man had to learn, it was his nature.
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Learning Men Nature
And if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer – he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity.
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Diminishing Humanity Small Some Withdraw
I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.
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Metaphor Sometimes Two
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
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Ideas Moving Writing
Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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Who You Are Writing
If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
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Few Forget Jokes Remind
For misery don’t blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.
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Blame Giving Misery
A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.
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Constructs Freedom Invent Men
Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.
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Change Ears World
Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.
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Sadness Tragedy Wine
Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.
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Teaching Uncertainty Writing
We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.
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Life Live Suffering Two
Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.
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Book Inspire Life Resurrecting

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