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For misery don’t blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.

Bernard Malamud

And if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer – he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity.
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Diminishing Humanity Small Some Withdraw
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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Circles Cutting Experts
Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.
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Book Inspire Life Resurrecting
The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.
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Baseball Mythology Quality
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?
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Adventure Moon Stars
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
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Ideas Moving Writing
In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
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Ate Dream Success
You write by sitting down and writing. There’s no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature.
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Down Sitting Writing
I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
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Afterthought Flower Language
Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.
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Back Children Games Love
We didn’t starve but nobody ate chicken unless we were sick or the chicken was.
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Poor Poverty Sick
We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.
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Life Live Suffering Two
The past exudes legend: one can’t make pure clay of time’s mud.
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Clay Experience Past
You see in others who you are.
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Identity Who You Are
Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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Who You Are Writing
You can’t eat language but it eases thirst.
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Ease Language Thirst

For misery don’t blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.

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