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Politics isn't in my nature.
Bernard Malamud
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Bernard Malamud
Age: 71 †
Born: 1914
Born: April 26
Died: 1986
Died: March 18
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Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.
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One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud.
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The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
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When I don't feel hurt, I hope they bury me.
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