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

Bernard Malamud

In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Ate Dream Success
As long as a man stays alive he can’t tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Long Men Perseverance
Some men are by nature explorers; my nature is to stay under the same moon and stars, and if the weather is wet, under the same roof. It’s a strange world, why make it stranger?
BERNARD MALAMUD

Adventure Moon Stars
You could not pity anything if you weren’t a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Men Pity Surprise
There is in the darkness a unity, if you will, that cannot be achieved in any other environment, a blending of self with what the self perceives, and exquisite mystical experience.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Dark Experiences Mystical Self
If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Few Forget Jokes Remind
The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
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Course Normal Steps
You can’t eat language but it eases thirst.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Ease Language Thirst
Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Courage Inspirational Inspiring
One’s fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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Fantasy Funn Marriage Return
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.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Book Frivolous Leisure Matter
All men are Jews, though few men know it.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Jew Knows Men
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
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Ideas Moving Writing
Where to look if you’ve lost your mind?
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Looks Lost Mind
First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Draft Firsts Learn Stories
A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Constructs Freedom Invent Men

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