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Space plus whatever you feel equals more whatever you feel, marvelous for happiness, God save you otherwise.

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Bernard Malamud
Age: 71 †
Born: 1914
Born: April 26
Died: 1986
Died: March 18
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Novelist
Screenwriter
University Teacher
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Brooklyn
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Whatever
Happiness
Feel
Equals
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Marvelous
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