The sight of so many people being busy doing nothing is always very depressing.
EM Delafield – The Provincial Lady
Idle Busyness
I
Broken Hallelujah
B
Love is not a victory march, it’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah.
Howard Jacobson – The Mighty Walzer
Memory and Grief
M
Memory is the only friend that grief can call its own.
Howard Jacobson – The Mighty Walzer
Stars from the Gutter
S
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Howard Jacobson – The Mighty Walzer
Character and Fate
C
A man’s character is his fate.
Howard Jacobson – The Mighty Walzer
The Foreign Past
T
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Howard Jacobson – The Mighty Walzer
Happiness in Lack
H
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Howard Jacobson – The Mighty Walzer
Heart’s Reasons
H
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.
Howard Jacobson – The Mighty Walzer
Tender Heart
T
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
Howard Jacobson – The Mighty Walzer
Unhappy Family
U
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Howard Jacobson – The Mighty Walzer