Bernard Malamud

As you age, the past gets larger and larger as the future shrinks.

On a nice day, the tendency is to keep the door open but to stay inside.

Sweaters gain in stature and a dazzling variety of teas may be found in the pantry.

If there was a functioning fireplace it would be lit.

Should all all the books you want to read be laid end- to-end they would cross the Golden Gate Bridge and continue north into Mendocino. And once in Mendocino, a new line of books begins.

Do you remember the writer Bernard Malamud? If you haven't read "The Fixer," read it; if you've read it, read it again.