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Even the wordiest of men know there's a time to button it.

I once gave a character in a novel my inability to get past the same point in any work of philosophy: that moment when seeing is suddenly occluded and you know you can go no further.

From Howard Jacobson

To be clear, I abhor the separation wall. It is an eyesore in itself and makes tangible the failed diplomacy and cruel short-sightedness that causes such misery in the region. No Palestinian can see that wall and not wonder if the Israelis mean it to stay there forever, a constant reminder of what they never intend to change.

From Howard Jacobson

When emotion rules, every fool thinks that he is holy.

From Howard Jacobson

A book isn't noise to drown out other noise.

From Howard Jacobson

Nothing is more interesting in a novel or a play than an affair.

From Howard Jacobson

Box-set culture inclines to the hyperbolic.

From Howard Jacobson

Love is a brainworm.

From Howard Jacobson

It would be nice if we could all agree to this proposition: popularity is not the same as achievement.

From Howard Jacobson

I won't go so far as to say that novels sell in inverse proportion to their worth, for just occasionally, someone like Dickens or George Eliot comes along to prove the opposite.

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