The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.
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Bernard Malamud quoteThey sometimes met on country roads when there were flowers or snow
Bernard Malamud quote Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing
Bernard Malamud quote The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology
Bernard Malamud quote Life is a tragedy full of joy
Bernard Malamud quote From the small crossed window of his room above the stable in the brickyard, Yakov Bok saw people in their long overcoats running somewhere early that morning, everybody in the same direction
Bernard Malamud quote Biography
American novelist 1914-86