143 Quotes by Bernard Malamud

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

Some men are by nature explorers; my nature is to stay under the same moon and stars, and if the weather is wet, under the same roof. It’s a strange world, why make it stranger?

She is not for you. She is a wild one – wild, without shame. This is not a bride for a rabbi”.

If the stories come, you get them written, you’re on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.

One’s fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.

As long as a man stays alive he can’t tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.

Wonderboy flashed in the sun. It caught the sphere where it was biggest. A noise like a twenty-one gun salute cracked the sky. There was a straining, ripping sound and a few drops of rain spattered to the ground. The ball screamed toward the pitcher and seemed suddenly to dive down at his feet. He grabbed it to throw to first and realized to his horror that he held only the cover. The rest of it, unraveling cotton thread as it rode, was headed into the outfield.

There are no wrong books. What’s wrong is the fear of them.

You can’t eat language but it eases thirst.