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Pat Barker Quotes

That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It’s the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway - but also quite detached Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t thinking of a sequel when I finished ‘Life Class.’ What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had a lot of life left in them, a lot of unresolved conflicts, and also I became interested in the Tonks pastel portraits of facially disfigured soldiers and in the whole area of facial reconstruction Picture Quote #1

Another person’s life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one’s own life lacks Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing the first draft, I’m writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper Picture Quote #1

Murder is only killing in the wrong place Picture Quote #1

The past is a palimpsest. Early memories are always obscured by accumulations of later knowledge Picture Quote #1

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A society that devours its own young deserves no automatic or unquestioning allegiance Picture Quote #1

The result was I went nowhere Picture Quote #1

Looking straight at the world is part of your duty as a writer Picture Quote #1

Another person’s life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one’s own life lacks Picture Quote #1

It’s the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else’s pain Picture Quote #1

The sky darkened, the air grew colder, but he didn’t mind. It didn’t occur to him to move. This was the right place. This was where he had wanted to be Picture Quote #1

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The way I see it, when you put the uniform on, in effect you sign a contract. And you don’t back out of a contract merely because you’ve changed your mind. You can still speak up for your principles, you can still argue against the ones you’re being made to fight for, but in the end you do the job Picture Quote #1

You know you’re walking around with a mask on, and you desperately want to take it off and you can’t because everybody else thinks it’s your face Picture Quote #1

Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly, a fit emblem for the human soul, for those whose cast of mind leads them to seek such emblems. No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay Picture Quote #1

Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn’t know the answer. What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do Picture Quote #1

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That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It’s the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway - but also quite detached. (Pat Barker Quotes) I wasn’t thinking of a sequel when I finished ‘Life Class.’ What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had a lot of life left in them, a lot of unresolved conflicts, and also I became interested in the Tonks pastel portraits of facially disfigured soldiers and in the whole area of facial reconstruction. (Pat Barker Quotes) Another person’s life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one’s own life lacks. (Pat Barker Quotes) When I’m writing the first draft, I’m writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper. (Pat Barker Quotes) Murder is only killing in the wrong place (Pat Barker Quotes) The past is a palimpsest. Early memories are always obscured by accumulations of later knowledge (Pat Barker Quotes) A society that devours its own young deserves no automatic or unquestioning allegiance (Pat Barker Quotes) The result was I went nowhere (Pat Barker Quotes) Looking straight at the world is part of your duty as a writer (Pat Barker Quotes) Another person’s life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one’s own life lacks (Pat Barker Quotes) It’s the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else’s pain (Pat Barker Quotes) The sky darkened, the air grew colder, but he didn’t mind. It didn’t occur to him to move. This was the right place. This was where he had wanted to be (Pat Barker Quotes) The way I see it, when you put the uniform on, in effect you sign a contract. And you don’t back out of a contract merely because you’ve changed your mind. You can still speak up for your principles, you can still argue against the ones you’re being made to fight for, but in the end you do the job (Pat Barker Quotes) You know you’re walking around with a mask on, and you desperately want to take it off and you can’t because everybody else thinks it’s your face (Pat Barker Quotes) Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly, a fit emblem for the human soul, for those whose cast of mind leads them to seek such emblems. No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay (Pat Barker Quotes) Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn’t know the answer. What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do (Pat Barker Quotes)