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Bernard Malamud65 quotes“Charity you can give even when you haven’t got.”
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Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
Bernard MalamudBernard 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.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud 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.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud 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.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud (Clothes) cannot change a man’s nature. He’s either kind or he isn’t, with or without clothes.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud If the stories come, you get them written, you’re on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud 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 MalamudBernard Malamud We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: “It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud 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.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud All men are Jews, though few men know it.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud You can’t eat language but it eases thirst.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud One’s fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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