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> [“Keep in mind, Yakov Shepsovitch, that if your life is without value, so is mine. If the law does not protect you, it will not, in the end, protect me. Therefore I dare not fail you, and that is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/keep-in-mind-yakov-shepsovitch-that-if-your-life-is-without-value-so/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

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## More by Bernard Malamud

> [Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/writers-who-can-t-invent-stories-often-substitute-style-for-narrative/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/we-have-two-lives-the-life-we-learn-with-and-the-life-we-live-after/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [“Leo hurried up to bed and hid under the covers. Under the covers he thought his life through. Although he soon fell asleep he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/leo-hurried-up-to-bed-and-hid-under-the-covers-under-the-covers-he/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [You can't eat language but it eases thirst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/you-can-t-eat-language-but-it-eases-thirst/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/first-drafts-are-for-learning-what-your-novel-or-story-is-about/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [“I’m an American, I’m a Jew, and I write for all men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/i-m-an-american-i-m-a-jew-and-i-write-for-all-men/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [“Her face deeply moved him. Why, he could at first not say. It gave him the impression of youth--spring flowers, yet age--a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/her-face-deeply-moved-him-why-he-could-at-first-not-say-it-gave-him/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/i-am-somewhat-of-a-meliorist-that-is-to-say-i-act-as-an-optimist/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/teach-yourself-to-work-in-uncertainty/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/one-s-fantasy-goes-for-a-walk-and-returns-with-a-bride/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [The great thing about writing: Stay with it ... ultimately you teach yourself something very important about yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/the-great-thing-about-writing-stay-with-it-ultimately-you-teach/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/we-didn-t-starve-but-we-didn-t-eat-chicken-unless-we-were-sick-or-the/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/as-long-as-a-man-stays-alive-he-can-t-tell-what-chances-will-pop-up/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [“So sleep now, without fear for your life, and if you should ever manage to get out of prison, keep in mind that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/so-sleep-now-without-fear-for-your-life-and-if-you-should-ever-manage/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/children-were-strangers-you-loved-because-you-could-love-if-they-gave/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

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