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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.

Bernard Malamud

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Bernard Malamud
Age: 71 †
Born: 1914
Born: April 26
Died: 1986
Died: March 18
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First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
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I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.
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I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.
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What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.
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One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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Charity you can give even when you haven't got.
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... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune.
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I don't think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
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