A man is an island in the only sense that matters, not an easy way to be. We live in mystery, a cosmos of separate lonely bodies, men, insects, stars. It is all loneliness and men know it best.
BERNARD MALAMUDYou see in others who you are.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: “It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat.
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I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
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The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
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A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.
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Life is a tragedy full of joy.
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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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The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.
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There are no wrong books. What’s wrong is the fear of them.
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I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.
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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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All men are Jews, though few men know it.
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How can we be strangers if we both believe in God?
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The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
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One’s fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand.
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