Quotes by Bernard Malamud

Bernard Malamud

American novelist

Lived from: 1914 - 1986

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

Born: 26 april 1914 Died: 18 march 1986

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  • Usually when he forgot words he would wait for them to seep back into consciousness like fish drawn up to the hungry surface of a stream. He would remember the initial letter of the forgotten word or sense sounds in it; soon the word reappeared in an illumination.
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  • We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.
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  • We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was.
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  • 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.
    The Natural p. 152.
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  • When I walk down the street I bet people will say there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in the game.
    The Natural pt. 1
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  • Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
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  • Without heroes, we're all plain people, and don't know how far we can go.
    The Natural p. 154.
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  • Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.
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