Bernard Malamud Quotes

When I don't feel hurt, I hope they bury me.

~ Bernard Malamud

Where to look if you've lost your mind?

~ Bernard Malamud

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

~ Bernard Malamud

It was a strange thing about people- they could look the same but be different.

~ Bernard Malamud

I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist. One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand, and if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer - he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity.

~ Bernard Malamud

Charity you can give even when you haven't got.

~ Bernard Malamud

A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

~ Bernard Malamud

I fix what's broken - except in the heart.

~ Bernard Malamud

Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

~ Bernard Malamud