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Howard Jacobson quotes: T. S. Eliot told Auden tht the reason he played patience night after night was that it was the nearest thing to being dead.

T. S. Eliot told Auden tht the reason he played patience night after night was that it was the nearest thing to being dead.

Howard Jacobson quotes: I took the route favoured by all worldly failures and became a spiritual success.

I took the route favoured by all worldly failures and became a spiritual success.

Howard Jacobson quotes: But what is the imagination for if not tto grasp how the world feels to those who don't think what you think?

But what is the imagination for if not tto grasp how the world feels to those who don't think what you think?

Howard Jacobson quotes: The girls pick snouts from the pack as though they're chocolates and it matters which they select.

The girls pick snouts from the pack as though they're chocolates and it matters which they select.

Howard Jacobson quotes: I could use the company but I can't go through the pain of getting it.

I could use the company but I can't go through the pain of getting it.

Howard Jacobson quotes: That was what was cruel about superficial change: it exposed what could never change.

That was what was cruel about superficial change: it exposed what could never change.

Howard Jacobson quotes: Whoever spoke of a wise lover? The wiser the lover, the longer ago he stopped loving.

Whoever spoke of a wise lover? The wiser the lover, the longer ago he stopped loving.

Howard Jacobson quotes: There is no word for the sound a life makes.

There is no word for the sound a life makes.

Howard Jacobson quotes: Aren't all dreads half desires?

Aren't all dreads half desires?

Howard Jacobson quotes: Don't I look after you when you're ill?' 'You do. You're marvellous to me when I'm ill. It's when I'm well that you're no use.

Don't I look after you when you're ill?' 'You do. You're marvellous to me when I'm ill. It's when I'm well that you're no use.

Howard Jacobson quotes: In the matrimonial life of the Jewish male every day is Yom Kippur.

In the matrimonial life of the Jewish male every day is Yom Kippur.

Howard Jacobson quotes: That was what living a serious life meant, wasn't it, honoring the gravity of things by not pretending they were light?

That was what living a serious life meant, wasn't it, honoring the gravity of things by not pretending they were light?

Howard Jacobson quotes: But he didn't have to listen to his father. Taking after your father was optional, wasn't it?

But he didn't have to listen to his father. Taking after your father was optional, wasn't it?

Howard Jacobson quotes: History's lesson is that bullies ultimately defeat themselves.

History's lesson is that bullies ultimately defeat themselves.

Howard Jacobson quotes: All those words of praise they use for novels - spare, economical. Why should I shell out Â£17 for economical?

All those words of praise they use for novels - spare, economical. Why should I shell out Â£17 for economical?

Howard Jacobson quotes: But you don't always have to ask to know.

But you don't always have to ask to know.

Howard Jacobson quotes: At a certain age men began to shrink, and yet it was precisely at that age that their trousers became too short for them.

At a certain age men began to shrink, and yet it was precisely at that age that their trousers became too short for them.

Howard Jacobson quotes: That's how vilification works. The victim ingests the views of his tormentor. If that's how I look, that's what I must be.

That's how vilification works. The victim ingests the views of his tormentor. If that's how I look, that's what I must be.

Howard Jacobson quotes: He would come to school balancing his night's dreams like an acrobat bearing a human pyramid on his shoulders.

He would come to school balancing his night's dreams like an acrobat bearing a human pyramid on his shoulders.

Howard Jacobson quotes: It's never over till it's over with a friend.

It's never over till it's over with a friend.

Howard Jacobson quotes: You can't have a church town without belief and you can't have belief without intolerance.

You can't have a church town without belief and you can't have belief without intolerance.

Howard Jacobson quotes: I'm a Jewish Jane Austen.

I'm a Jewish Jane Austen.

Howard Jacobson quotes: Do not hope for too much. But do not settle for too little.

Do not hope for too much. But do not settle for too little.

Howard Jacobson quotes: So many unhappy women out there. Such a sea of female misery.

So many unhappy women out there. Such a sea of female misery.

Howard Jacobson quotes: And thinking of her waiting to be found, while he was waiting to find, gave a beautiful symmetry to the love he felt for her.

And thinking of her waiting to be found, while he was waiting to find, gave a beautiful symmetry to the love he felt for her.