It’s one thing for a man not to know, not to have learned; it’s another not to be able to live by what one does know.
BERNARD MALAMUDThere 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.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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For misery don’t blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.
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First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
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The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.
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Where to look if you’ve lost your mind?
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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.
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Space plus whatever you feel equals more whatever you feel, marvelous for happiness, God save you otherwise.
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Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.
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I don’t think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
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A man had to learn, it was his nature.
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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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The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
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In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
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Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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Nationality isn’t soul.
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I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.
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