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title: "11 Ifs Quotes By Bernard Malamud"
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> [If your train's on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/if-your-train-s-on-the-wrong-track-every-station-you-come-to-is-the/)

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

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> [Writing is a mode of being. If I write I live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/writing-is-a-mode-of-being-if-i-write-i-live/)

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

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> [If you don't hear His voice so let Him hear yours. When prayers go up blessings descend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/if-you-don-t-hear-his-voice-so-let-him-hear-yours-when-prayers-go-up/)

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

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> [How can we be strangers if we both believe in God?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/how-can-we-be-strangers-if-we-both-believe-in-god/)

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

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> [If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/if-you-ever-forget-you-are-a-jew-a-goy-will-remind-you/)

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

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> [Some men are by nature explorers; my nature is to stay under the same moon and stars, and if the weather is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/some-men-are-by-nature-explorers-my-nature-is-to-stay-under-the-same/)

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

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> [Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of…](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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> [... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/it-s-possible-to-let-love-fly-by-like-a-cloud-in-a-windy-sky-if-one/)

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

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> [There is in the darkness a unity, if you will, that cannot be achieved in any other environment, a blending of self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/there-is-in-the-darkness-a-unity-if-you-will-that-cannot-be-achieved/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/bernard-malamud-3871_dark_there-is-in-the-darkness-a-unity-if-you_2552172.jpg)

> [To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new. Even Matisse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/to-any-writer-teach-yourself-to-work-in-uncertainty-many-writers-are/)

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

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> [I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/bernard-malamud-3871_confusion_i-am-somewhat-of-a-meliorist-that-is-to_466211.jpg)

## Other authors on Ifs

## 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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