Bernard Malamud Quotes about Giving

All Bernard Malamud Quotes Giving quotes Language Life Writing

For misery don't blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.

For misery don't blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.

Bernard Malamud

Giving, Misery, Blame

Bernard Malamud (2014). “The Fixer”, p.173, Atlantic Books Ltd

I don't think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.

Bernard Malamud

Giving Up, Thinking, Giving

Bernard Malamud (2003). “The Natural: A Novel”, p.149, Macmillan

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

Bernard Malamud

Giving, Charity, Havens

Bernard Malamud (1967). “A Malamud Reader”, p.76, Macmillan

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

Order, Giving, Confusion

"The Fixer". Book by Bernard Malamud, Part Five, 1966.

Bernard Malamud Quotes about Giving

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