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Roger Rosenblatt

American Journalist

Born: 1940

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If you're going to believe in God, if you're going to take that leap of faith, as I do, then the God that seems the most comprehensible to me would be the God who set us spinning and said 'Good luck.' Roger Rosenblatt

The God I do believe in is the God who doesn't care: James Joyce's God who stands back, paring his fingernails. Roger Rosenblatt

God Care Believe Back Fingernails Joyce His James Who Stands

The trick in foraging for a tooth lost in coffee grounds is not to be misled by the clumps. The only way to be sure is to rub each clump between your thumb and index finger, which makes a mess of your hands. Roger Rosenblatt

Coffee Lost Tooth Way Trick Finger Only Thumb Misled Between Mess Sure Makes Hands Which Your Grounds Each Rub

Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a consequence enlarges our understanding of what is happening. Roger Rosenblatt

Great Example Understanding Our Writers Instead Merely For Example Instrument Unusual Because Surprise Anticipation Whereas Happening Use Why Consequence

No writer besides Shakespeare has created more memorable characters attached to vices and virtues. In even their least sympathetic characters, one senses a kind of helplessness to passion quivering between the poles of good and evil. Roger Rosenblatt

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