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«In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I wonder whether we shall not end up as breakfast for newts and polyps, I seem to hear the muffled cries of all the words in all the books with covers closed.»
«Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers.»
«An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.»
Author: Leo Rosten (Novelist) | About: Angels | Keywords: Christendom, The Service
«A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.»
«Satire is focused bitterness.»
Author: Leo Rosten (Novelist)
«The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.»
Author: Leo Rosten (Novelist)
«Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less»
Author: Leo Rosten (Novelist) | About: God
«We see things as we are, not as they are.»
Author: Leo Rosten (Novelist)
«If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it»
Author: Leo Rosten (Novelist)
«First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.»
Author: Leo Rosten (Novelist) | Keywords: hire, third rate

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