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Bernard Malamud was an American author born on April 26, 1914, and died on March 18, 1986. Known for his profound psychological insights and exploration of moral dilemmas, his works primarily depict the struggles of the American middle and lower classes. Malamud's unique narrative style and deep understanding of human nature made him a significant figure in 20th-century American literature.

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Famous Bernard Malamud Quotes

“They say God appeared in history and used it for his purposes, but if that was so he had no pity for men.”

Men God History Mankind Pity

Book:The Fixer

Source: The Fixer

“Ithink Isaid'All menare Jews excepttheydon't know it.'I doubt I expected anyone to take the statement literally. But I think it's an understandable statement and a metaphoric way of indicating how history, sooner or later, treats all men.”

Thinking Knows Men Way Doubt Treats Jew Expected Statements Sooner Or Later Metaphoric

Author:Bernard Malamud

“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.”

Ifs Men Walks Doors Wall Window Work Out Tattoo There Comes A Time

Author:Bernard Malamud

“You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.”

Ifs Men Surprise Invention Pity

Book:The Fixer

Source: The Fixer

“A man is an island in the only sense that matters, not an easy way to be. We live in mystery, a cosmos of separate lonely bodies, men, insects, stars. It is all loneliness and men know it best.”

Knows Men Way Matter Body Stars Easy Mystery Loneliness Lonely Islands Cosmos Insects Easy Way

Book:Dubin's Lives: A Novel

Source: Dubin's Lives: A Novel

“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.”

Knows Men Doe Able Justice One Thing Diversity Social Justice Live By

Book:Dubin's Lives: A Novel

Source: Dubin's Lives: A Novel

“All men are Jews, though few men know it.”

Author:Bernard Malamud

“A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.”

Book:Conversations with Bernard Malamud

Source: Conversations with Bernard Malamud

“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?”

Ifs Men World Stars Strange Adventure Moon Stranger Weather Wet Roof Explorers Moon And Stars Strange World

Book:The Fixer

Source: The Fixer

“(Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes.”

Men Kind Clothes

Book:The Fixer

Source: The Fixer

“A man had to learn, it was his nature.”

Book:The Fixer

Source: The Fixer

“As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.”

Men Long Next Chance Alive Perseverance Pops Checks Staying Alive Dead Man

Book:The Fixer

Source: The Fixer

About the Author

Born: April 26, 1914
Died: March 18, 1986
Known for: Author
Quotes: 85

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