Bernard Malamud - Life Quotes

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There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to – if there are no doors or windows – he walks through a wall.

Bernard Malamud

Those who write about life, reflect about life…. you see in others who you are.

Bernard Malamud

There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction. What does that tell you about the nature of life, and does one really want to know?

Bernard Malamud

We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.

Bernard Malamud

Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.

Bernard Malamud

The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.

Bernard Malamud

All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something...

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