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Julian Barnes Quotes

What is the easiest, the most comfortable thing for a writer to do? To congratulate the society in which he lives: to admire its biceps, applaud its progress, tease it endearingly about its follies Picture Quote #1

If the writer were more like a reader, he'd be a reader, not a writer. It's as uncomplicated as that Picture Quote #1

Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance Picture Quote #1

He didn't really like travel, of course. He liked the idea of travel, and the memory of travel, but not travel itself Picture Quote #1

Pride makes us long for a solution to things - a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear Picture Quote #1

Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry Picture Quote #1

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I was a normal eighteen year old: shuttered, self-conscious, untravelled and sneering; violently educated, socially crass, emotionally blurting Picture Quote #1

The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic Picture Quote #1

If a man cannot tell what he wants to do, then he must find out what he ought to do. If desire has become complicated, then hold fast to duty Picture Quote #1

If these are indeed the spirits of Englishmen and Englishwomen who have passed over into the next world, surely they would know how to form a proper queue? Picture Quote #1

Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer. They weren't. They weren't even one of the questions Picture Quote #1

Memory is identity... You are what you have done; what you have done is in your memory; what you remember defines who you are; when you forget your life you cease to be, even before your death Picture Quote #1

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He died a modern death, in hospital,...... after medical science had prolonged his life to a point where the terms on which it was being offered were unimpressive Picture Quote #1

We must be precise with love, its language and its gestures. If it is to save us, we must look at it as clearly as we should learn to look at death Picture Quote #1

The constant tug between nature and civilization is what keeps on our toes. Though of course, that did rather beg the question of how you defined nature and how you defined civilization Picture Quote #1

This is what those who haven't crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is dead may mean that they are not alive, but doesn't mean that they do not exist Picture Quote #1

But it's still the eyes we look at, isn't it? That's where we found the other person, and find them still Picture Quote #1

My own [story] is the simplest... it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence - and yet I find it the hardest to begin Picture Quote #1

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Senseless. So my plea is this: for the book to remain the portal for our sexual odysseys, not the website Picture Quote #1

I'd read somewhere that if you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you don't raise your voice but lower it Picture Quote #1

There is the question of accumulation (... ) just the simple adding up and adding on of life. And as the poet pointed out, there is a difference between addition and increase Picture Quote #1

If I can't be sure of the actual events any more, I can at least be true to the impressions those facts left Picture Quote #1

For most of us, the first experience of love, even if it doesn't work out - perhaps especially when it doesn't work out - promises that here is the thing that validates, that vindicates life Picture Quote #1

Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery Picture Quote #1

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Because love is the meeting point of truth and magic. Truth, as in photography; magic, as in ballooning Picture Quote #1

But if being on the level didn't shield you from pain, maybe it was better to be up in the clouds Picture Quote #1

Grief reconfigures time, its length, its texture, its function: one day means no more than the next, so why have they been picked out and given separate names? Picture Quote #1

You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed. People may not notice at the time, but that doesn't matter. The world has been changed nonetheless Picture Quote #1

Time... give us enough time and our best supported decisions will seem wobbly, our certainties whimsical Picture Quote #1

If all your responses to a book have already been duplicated and expanded upon by a professional critic, then what point is there to your reading? Only that it's yours Picture Quote #1

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What is the easiest, the most comfortable thing for a writer to do? To congratulate the society in which he lives: to admire its biceps, applaud its progress, tease it endearingly about its follies (Julian Barnes Quotes) If the writer were more like a reader, he'd be a reader, not a writer. It's as uncomplicated as that (Julian Barnes Quotes) Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance (Julian Barnes Quotes) He didn't really like travel, of course. He liked the idea of travel, and the memory of travel, but not travel itself (Julian Barnes Quotes) Pride makes us long for a solution to things - a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear (Julian Barnes Quotes) Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry (Julian Barnes Quotes) I was a normal eighteen year old: shuttered, self-conscious, untravelled and sneering; violently educated, socially crass, emotionally blurting (Julian Barnes Quotes) The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic (Julian Barnes Quotes) If a man cannot tell what he wants to do, then he must find out what he ought to do. If desire has become complicated, then hold fast to duty (Julian Barnes Quotes) If these are indeed the spirits of Englishmen and Englishwomen who have passed over into the next world, surely they would know how to form a proper queue? (Julian Barnes Quotes) Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer. They weren't. They weren't even one of the questions (Julian Barnes Quotes) Memory is identity... You are what you have done; what you have done is in your memory; what you remember defines who you are; when you forget your life you cease to be, even before your death (Julian Barnes Quotes) He died a modern death, in hospital,...... after medical science had prolonged his life to a point where the terms on which it was being offered were unimpressive (Julian Barnes Quotes) We must be precise with love, its language and its gestures. If it is to save us, we must look at it as clearly as we should learn to look at death (Julian Barnes Quotes) The constant tug between nature and civilization is what keeps on our toes. Though of course, that did rather beg the question of how you defined nature and how you defined civilization (Julian Barnes Quotes) This is what those who haven't crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is dead may mean that they are not alive, but doesn't mean that they do not exist (Julian Barnes Quotes) But it's still the eyes we look at, isn't it? That's where we found the other person, and find them still (Julian Barnes Quotes) My own [story] is the simplest... it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence - and yet I find it the hardest to begin (Julian Barnes Quotes) Senseless. So my plea is this: for the book to remain the portal for our sexual odysseys, not the website (Julian Barnes Quotes) I'd read somewhere that if you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you don't raise your voice but lower it (Julian Barnes Quotes) There is the question of accumulation (... ) just the simple adding up and adding on of life. And as the poet pointed out, there is a difference between addition and increase (Julian Barnes Quotes) If I can't be sure of the actual events any more, I can at least be true to the impressions those facts left (Julian Barnes Quotes) For most of us, the first experience of love, even if it doesn't work out - perhaps especially when it doesn't work out - promises that here is the thing that validates, that vindicates life (Julian Barnes Quotes) Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery (Julian Barnes Quotes) Because love is the meeting point of truth and magic. Truth, as in photography; magic, as in ballooning (Julian Barnes Quotes) But if being on the level didn't shield you from pain, maybe it was better to be up in the clouds (Julian Barnes Quotes) Grief reconfigures time, its length, its texture, its function: one day means no more than the next, so why have they been picked out and given separate names? (Julian Barnes Quotes) You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed. People may not notice at the time, but that doesn't matter. The world has been changed nonetheless (Julian Barnes Quotes) Time... give us enough time and our best supported decisions will seem wobbly, our certainties whimsical (Julian Barnes Quotes) If all your responses to a book have already been duplicated and expanded upon by a professional critic, then what point is there to your reading? Only that it's yours (Julian Barnes Quotes)

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