Bernard Malamud said this quote

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

~ 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