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> [He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/he-carried-his-childhood-like-a-hurt-warm-bird-held-to-his-middle/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

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## More by Herbert Gold

> [To construct a proper privacy, making it a privilege rather than a burden, we first need to construct a community-love, family, politics, art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/to-construct-a-proper-privacy-making-it-a-privilege-rather-than-a/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/he-carried-his-childhood-like-a-hurt-warm-bird-held-to-his-middle/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk show to wave his flag.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/sometimes-he-advertises-himself-assiduously-writing-a-few-words-and/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/literature-boils-with-the-madcap-careers-of-writers-brought-to-the/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [Conformity is inevitable when folks huddle together in rebellion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/conformity-is-inevitable-when-folks-huddle-together-in-rebellion/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [With short stories, the story-teller must have a story to tell, not merely some sweet prose to take out for a walk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/with-short-stories-the-story-teller-must-have-a-story-to-tell-not/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [Old age is wasted on the elderly: the young know what to do with it-insist on something different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/old-age-is-wasted-on-the-elderly-the-young-know-what-to-do-with-it/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [The fact that all of us die anyway (the rumor turns out to be true) is a mere detail in the celestial glow of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/the-fact-that-all-of-us-die-anyway-the-rumor-turns-out-to-be-true-is/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [The magic will which makes us see the other side of our natures-dream and disaster, catastrophe and fulfillment-is the great permanent challenge of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/the-magic-will-which-makes-us-see-the-other-side-of-our-natures-dream/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/diverting-the-internal-traffic-between-the-writer-as-angel-of-light/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [I always ask young writers, 'Are you certain you want to be a writer? If you're absolutely sure, then do it.' If you really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/i-always-ask-young-writers-are-you-certain-you-want-to-be-a-writer-if/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [Isolation from power makes men look for a mob in which they can be strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/isolation-from-power-makes-men-look-for-a-mob-in-which-they-can-be/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [The would-bees take their honey from the flowers of creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/the-would-bees-take-their-honey-from-the-flowers-of-creation/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [Catastrophe and desire are linked in our lives as the moon is linked to that reflected light from the sun which enables the eye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/catastrophe-and-desire-are-linked-in-our-lives-as-the-moon-is-linked/)

[Herbert Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-gold/)

> [If mankind is naturally good, he is sure going against his nature more and more of the time. It sounds like a bad joke:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-gold/if-mankind-is-naturally-good-he-is-sure-going-against-his-nature-more/)

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