Jacob's Hands Quotes

“Fond of bewailing the decadence of the modern world, of denouncing the younger generation for its lack of idealism and public spirit, he is blind to the fact of his own enormous selfishness. He is one of those invalids who make use of their real or imagined sufferings to get their own way.”
― Christopher Isherwood, Jacob's Hands: A Fable

“From his angle, the curtain seems to form itself into a shrouded, wavering figure, indescribably terrifying in its very indistinctness. Something waiting, hovering on the threshold of the visible world. Some half-embodied fear gradually assuming a hideous outer form.”
― Christopher Isherwood, Jacob's Hands: A Fable

“When you want anything badly, you always have to make some sacrifices.”
― Christopher Isherwood, Jacob's Hands: A Fable

“It's gone!" he repeats, almost ecstatically.

"That's because you let it go," Jacob tells him.”
― Christopher Isherwood, Jacob's Hands: A Fable