Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are alsopracticed in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death--that is,… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Remote control. Ingenious contradiction of terms. Fits like a handshake. Aims like a gun. — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
If you put anger in the writing, then it's like an actor crying on stage. The audience will not cry with the actor and… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
“Somewhere, I am sure, a calm, quiet place awaits me where I may do something worthwhile again. Another island, perhaps. Or a little cottage… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Time can be such a menace to a man. By this age do that; by that age do better. — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Every writing teacher gives the subliminal message, every time they teach: 'Your life counts for something.' In no other subject that I know of… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
There is nothing like a man for bringing out the animal in an animal. — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream. — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
No writer besides Shakespeare has created more memorable characters attached to vices and virtues. In even their least sympathetic characters, one senses a kind… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
For those at home, as well as for those in battle, war is curiously disabling. The mere realization that one's country is at war… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
One of the very important things that have to be learned around the time dying becomes a real prospect is to recognize those occasions… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
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… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind. I have seen it happen. — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
