Howard Jacobson Quotes

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Although I was too young to understand the theory of universal (that's to say male) guilt, I was old enough to know which sex suffered migraine and which sex caused it.

Howard Jacobson
In the highly improbable event of his being asked to nominate the one most un-Jewish thing he could think of, Sefton Goldberg would have been hard pressed to decide between Nature – that's to say birds, trees, flowers, and country walks – and football – that's to say beer, bikies, mud, and physical pain.

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

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

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

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He was as sentimental as Hitler about applause and crowds.

Howard Jacobson
How do you explain to somebody who doesn't understand that you don't build a library to read. A library is a resource. Something you go to, for reference, as and when. But also something you simply look at, because it gives you succour, answers to some idea of who you are or, more to the point, who you would like to be, who you will be once you own every book you need to own.

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

Howard Jacobson