The Fixer
Bernard Malamud
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Where to look if you've lost your mind?”
“There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them.”
“I fix what's broken - except in the heart.”
“You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.”
“Would you say you have a "philosophy" Of your own? If so what is it?' 'If I have it's all skin and bones...If I have any philosophy...it's that life could be better than it is.”
“We're persecuted in the most civilized languages.”
“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.”
“Charity you can give even when you haven't got.”
“A meshummed gives up one God for another. I don't want either. We live in a world where the clock ticks fast while he's on his timeless mountain staring in space. He doesn't see us and he doesn't care. Today I want my piece of bread, not in Paradise.”
“will you please explain how you can cry for a dead dog yet belong to a society of fanatics that urges death on human beings who happen to be Jews? Explain to me the logic of it.”
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