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 MALAMUDChildren were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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Charity you can give even when you haven’t got.
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There comes a time in a man’s life when to get where he has to go – if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.
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You see in others who you are.
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Where to look if you’ve lost your mind?
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I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.
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If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
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Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.
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… 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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One’s fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.
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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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We didn’t starve but nobody ate chicken unless we were sick or the chicken was.
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Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
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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.
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How can we be strangers if we both believe in God?
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