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> [“It means that the things that make us human often make us ill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/it-means-that-the-things-that-make-us-human-often-make-us-ill/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

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## More by Jonathan Rosen

> [“There is a moment in the tractate Menahot when the Rabbis imagine what takes place when Moses ascends Mount Sinai to receive the Torah.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/there-is-a-moment-in-the-tractate-menahot-when-the-rabbis-imagine/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [“Call it the Darwinian contradiction. We come down from the trees and walk upright and what do we get for it? Foot pain! Bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/call-it-the-darwinian-contradiction-we-come-down-from-the-trees-and/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [“Hollywood culture is a universal culture now. Everyone wants to step out of life and into the flat perfections of a movie screen. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/hollywood-culture-is-a-universal-culture-now-everyone-wants-to-step/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [It's the side-by-side culture of the Talmud I like so much. 'On the one hand' and 'on the other hand' is frustrating for people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/it-s-the-side-by-side-culture-of-the-talmud-i-like-so-much-on-the-one/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [Starlets were always turning up dead in people's pools. They fished them out like goldfish. Nobody seemed to find it unusual that so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/starlets-were-always-turning-up-dead-in-people-s-pools-they-fished/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [The things that make us human often make us ill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/the-things-that-make-us-human-often-make-us-ill/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [“The Talmud offered a virtual home for an uprooted culture, and grew out of the Jewish need to pack civilization into words and wander…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/the-talmud-offered-a-virtual-home-for-an-uprooted-culture-and-grew/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [“It means that the things that make us human often make us ill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/it-means-that-the-things-that-make-us-human-often-make-us-ill/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [Most people don't want to die, but they don't want to live either. I am speaking about men now as much as women. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/most-people-don-t-want-to-die-but-they-don-t-want-to-live-either-i-am/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [“In my tradition, God revealed Himself in words and lives in stories and, no, you cannot touch or even see Him. The Word, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/in-my-tradition-god-revealed-himself-in-words-and-lives-in-stories/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

> [The Talmud tells a story about a great Rabbi who is dying, he has become a goses, but he cannot die because outside all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rosen/the-talmud-tells-a-story-about-a-great-rabbi-who-is-dying-he-has/)

[Jonathan Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rosen/)

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