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Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.

Bernard Malamud

… it’s possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune.
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Believe Cloud Sky
Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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Who You Are Writing
Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.
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Change Ears World
I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
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Afterthought Flower Language
The first draft of a book is the most uncertain-where you need guts, the ability to accept the imperfect until it is better.
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Accept Book Imperfect Uncertain Until
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
A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.
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Constructs Freedom Invent Men
In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
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Ate Dream Success
The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime
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Pages Self Stories
If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
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Few Forget Jokes Remind
I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist.
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Confusion Giving Order
The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
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Course Normal Steps
All men are Jews, though few men know it.
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Jew Knows Men
Nationality isn’t soul.
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Nation Nationality Soul
I don’t think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
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Give Up Giving Thinking
Writers who can’t invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn’t paint people, so he painted chairs.
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People Stories Style

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