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Julian Barnes Quotes

What happiness is there in just the memory of happiness Picture Quote #1

The land of embarrassment and breakfast Picture Quote #1

Perhaps love is essential because it’s unnecessary Picture Quote #1

Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all Picture Quote #1

We live, we die, we are remembered, we are forgotten Picture Quote #1

History isn’t what happened, history is just what historians tell us Picture Quote #1

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Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual Picture Quote #1

You can put it another way, of course; you always can Picture Quote #1

Reading is a majority skill but a minority art Picture Quote #1

Every love story is a potential grief story Picture Quote #1

If you’re that clever you can argue yourself into anything Picture Quote #1

Irony... may be defined as what people miss Picture Quote #1

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Global warming is more of a blessing than a curse Picture Quote #1

Why should anything happen when everything has happened? Picture Quote #1

History is the lies of the victors Picture Quote #1

The more you learn, the less you fear Picture Quote #1

In life, every ending is just the start of another story Picture Quote #1

I’m a complete democrat in terms of who buys my books Picture Quote #1

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But that’s one advantage of fiction, you can speed up time Picture Quote #1

Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that’s too grand, too considered a process. History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago Picture Quote #1

And that was all the part of it - the way you were obliged to live. You stifled a groan, you lied about your love, you deceived your legal wife, and all in the name of honour. That was the damned paradox of it - in order to behave well, you have to behave badly Picture Quote #1

Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word ‘pravda’? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency in your mind. Doesn’t that just echo down the canyons of your soul? Picture Quote #1

Discovering, for example, that as witnesses to your life diminish, there is less corroboration, and therefore less certainty, as to what you are or have been. [p. 65] Picture Quote #1

This was long before the term ‘single-parent family’ came into use; back then it was a ‘broken home’ Picture Quote #1

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Those were the days in this country where H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw and Conan Doyle could have influence, and thats gone, thats true. But I don’t think we have less influence in the hearts and minds of readers. I think, if anything, we have just as much, if not more Picture Quote #1

I am death-fearing. I don’t think I’m morbid. That seems to me a fear of death that goes beyond the rational. Whereas it seems to me to be entirely rational to fear death! Picture Quote #1

I was initially planning to write about grief in terms of Eurydice and the myth thereof. By that point the overall metaphor of height and depth and flat and falling and rising was coming into being in my mind Picture Quote #1

Iconic Paris tells us: here are our three-star attractions, go thou and marvel. And so we gaze obediently at what we are told to gaze at, without exactly asking why Picture Quote #1

It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead. Not power-ridden monuments, but individual buildings which tell a quieter story: the artist’s studio, or the Belle Epoque house built by a forgotten financier for a just-remembered courtesan Picture Quote #1

Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-discovery, there is and remains one perfect symbol: the printed book Picture Quote #1

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What happiness is there in just the memory of happiness (Julian Barnes Quotes) The land of embarrassment and breakfast (Julian Barnes Quotes) Perhaps love is essential because it’s unnecessary (Julian Barnes Quotes) Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all (Julian Barnes Quotes) We live, we die, we are remembered, we are forgotten (Julian Barnes Quotes) History isn’t what happened, history is just what historians tell us (Julian Barnes Quotes) Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual (Julian Barnes Quotes) You can put it another way, of course; you always can (Julian Barnes Quotes) Reading is a majority skill but a minority art (Julian Barnes Quotes) Every love story is a potential grief story (Julian Barnes Quotes) If you’re that clever you can argue yourself into anything (Julian Barnes Quotes) Irony... may be defined as what people miss (Julian Barnes Quotes) Global warming is more of a blessing than a curse (Julian Barnes Quotes) Why should anything happen when everything has happened? (Julian Barnes Quotes) History is the lies of the victors (Julian Barnes Quotes) The more you learn, the less you fear (Julian Barnes Quotes) In life, every ending is just the start of another story (Julian Barnes Quotes) I’m a complete democrat in terms of who buys my books (Julian Barnes Quotes) But that’s one advantage of fiction, you can speed up time (Julian Barnes Quotes) Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that’s too grand, too considered a process. History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago (Julian Barnes Quotes) And that was all the part of it - the way you were obliged to live. You stifled a groan, you lied about your love, you deceived your legal wife, and all in the name of honour. That was the damned paradox of it - in order to behave well, you have to behave badly (Julian Barnes Quotes) Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word ‘pravda’? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency in your mind. Doesn’t that just echo down the canyons of your soul? (Julian Barnes Quotes) Discovering, for example, that as witnesses to your life diminish, there is less corroboration, and therefore less certainty, as to what you are or have been. [p. 65] (Julian Barnes Quotes) This was long before the term ‘single-parent family’ came into use; back then it was a ‘broken home’ (Julian Barnes Quotes) Those were the days in this country where H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw and Conan Doyle could have influence, and thats gone, thats true. But I don’t think we have less influence in the hearts and minds of readers. I think, if anything, we have just as much, if not more (Julian Barnes Quotes) I am death-fearing. I don’t think I’m morbid. That seems to me a fear of death that goes beyond the rational. Whereas it seems to me to be entirely rational to fear death! (Julian Barnes Quotes) I was initially planning to write about grief in terms of Eurydice and the myth thereof. By that point the overall metaphor of height and depth and flat and falling and rising was coming into being in my mind (Julian Barnes Quotes) Iconic Paris tells us: here are our three-star attractions, go thou and marvel. And so we gaze obediently at what we are told to gaze at, without exactly asking why (Julian Barnes Quotes) It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead. Not power-ridden monuments, but individual buildings which tell a quieter story: the artist’s studio, or the Belle Epoque house built by a forgotten financier for a just-remembered courtesan (Julian Barnes Quotes) Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-discovery, there is and remains one perfect symbol: the printed book (Julian Barnes Quotes)

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