“...whatever other qualities Jews may posses, likable or the reverse, no one who knows them well can deny that they are personally interesting. By that I mean, specially alive, alert, quick at comprehending people or events and at making pungent or witty comments on them... One might at times find the rather hothouse family atmosphere, with it intensities and frictions, somewhat trying, but one could be sure of never being bored.” PeopleKnowsTryingWellsMayMeanMightInterestingQualityAliveEventsJewWittyDenyBoredAtmosphereCommentIntensityReverseJudaismFrictionPosseComprehendingBeing Bored Book:Free Associations: Memories of a Psychoanalyst Source: Free Associations: Memories of a Psychoanalyst