People often think that you have a sense of humor because you think that life is funny. Life isn't funny at all. It's appalling and tragic.Howard Jacobson
I am happiest now. There's nothing like running out of time to make you realise you're in the right skin, with the right person, and that the Apocalypse will happen with or without you.Howard Jacobson
Let's be honest with one another: almost everything is too long except life, and I know people who wouldn't even concur with that exception.Howard Jacobson
You know you are grown sentimental when you start counting the cygnets on the duck pond in the park to be sure none has perished since you counted last.Howard Jacobson
Artless fairy stories enchant us in our first years and retain their hold on us until our last.Howard Jacobson
The young come in many guises: vigorous and passionate, vindictive and mean-spirited. And not every person over 65 is dozing in a retirement home.Howard Jacobson
We were never supposed to live until 40. We were built to self-destruct at 30, whether from cancer or mental illness. We're all going way beyond our expiration date.Douglas Coupland
The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life.Salman Rushdie
