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"The Man in the Drawer", in Rembrandt's Hat (1973); cited from Selected Stories (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985) p. 225
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There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to – if there are no doors or windows – he walks through a wall.

— Bernard Malamud

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to – if there are no doors or windows – he walks through a wall." in the context of ""The Man in the Drawer", in Rembrandt's Hat (1973); cited from Selected Stories (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985) p. 225" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bernard Malamud

About Bernard Malamud

Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American novelist and short-story writer. His stories often take the form of moral fables dealing with the struggles of Jewish-American characters.