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 MALAMUDIt’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.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.
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Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.
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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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Politics isn’t in my nature.
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You could not pity anything if you weren’t a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.
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Nationality isn’t soul.
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All men are Jews, though few men know it.
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If your train’s on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station.
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You write by sitting down and writing. There’s no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature.
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What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.
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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.
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For misery don’t blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.
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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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How can we be strangers if we both believe in God?
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