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Julian Barnes Quotes

None of this, of course, was ever stated: the genteel social Darwinism of the English middle classes always remained implicit Picture Quote #1

You've got to be responsible for your own happiness - you can't expect it to come flopping through the door like a parcel Picture Quote #1

I don't ever want to get old. Spare me that. Have you the power? No, even you don't have the power, alas Picture Quote #1

When he's cheerful his tongue runs away with him, and he's depressed he can be unkind. So it's common sense not to let him into every are of your life Picture Quote #1

Historians need to treat a participant's own explanation of events with a certain skepticism. It is often the statement made with an eye to the future that is the most suspect Picture Quote #1

Is recycling to do with global warming? Need you ask? Well, I only ask because we've been recycling for twenty years or so, and no one was talking about global warming back then Picture Quote #1

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Was this their exact exchange? Almost certainly not. Still, it is my best memory of their exchange Picture Quote #1

You may say, But wasn't this the Sixties? Yes, but only for some people, only in certain parts of the country Picture Quote #1

I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen Picture Quote #1

Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary Picture Quote #1

And perhaps it was also the case that, for all a lifetime's internal struggling, you were finally no more than what others saw you as. That was your nature, whether you liked it or not Picture Quote #1

Was it the case that colours dimmed as the eye grew elderly? Or was it rather that in youth your excitement about the world transferred itself onto everything you saw and made it brighter? Picture Quote #1

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Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be Picture Quote #1

But cockteasing is also a metaphor: she is someone who will manipulate your inner self while holding hers back from you Picture Quote #1

Had my life increased, or merely added to itself? There had been addition and subtraction in my life, but how much multiplication? Picture Quote #1

how time first grounds us and then confounds us... give us enough time and our best - supported decisions will seem wobbly, our certainties whimsical Picture Quote #1

Those little age differentials, so crucial and so gross when we are young, erode. We end up belonging to the same category, that of the non young. I've never much minded this myself Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I think the purpose of life is to reconcile us to its eventual loss by wearing us down, by proving, however long it takes, that life isn't all it's cracked up to be Picture Quote #1

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It strikes me that this may be one of the differences between youth and age: when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others Picture Quote #1

History isn't the lies of the victors, as I once glibly assured Old Joe Hunt; I know that now. It's more the memories of the survivors, most of whom are neither victorious or defeated Picture Quote #1

Tertullian said of Christian belief that it was true because it was impossible. Perhaps love is essential because it's unnecessary Picture Quote #1

There's nothing wrong with being a genius who can fascinate the young. Rather, there's something wrong with the young who can't be fascinated by a genius Picture Quote #1

Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business Picture Quote #1

An element of propaganda, of sales and marketing, always intervened between the inner and the outer person Picture Quote #1

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Literature is the best way of telling the truth; it's a process of producing grand, beautiful, well ordered lies that tell more truth than any assemblage of facts Picture Quote #1

Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. 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

What becomes of a chain of argument when the links are made of different metals, each with a separate frangibility? Picture Quote #1

Life isn't just addition and subtraction. There's also the accumulation, the multiplication, of loss, of failure Picture Quote #1

If you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you don't raise your voice but lower it: this is what really commands attention Picture Quote #1

Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we enjoy and value it, and how we lose it Picture Quote #1

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None of this, of course, was ever stated: the genteel social Darwinism of the English middle classes always remained implicit (Julian Barnes Quotes) You've got to be responsible for your own happiness - you can't expect it to come flopping through the door like a parcel (Julian Barnes Quotes) I don't ever want to get old. Spare me that. Have you the power? No, even you don't have the power, alas (Julian Barnes Quotes) When he's cheerful his tongue runs away with him, and he's depressed he can be unkind. So it's common sense not to let him into every are of your life (Julian Barnes Quotes) Historians need to treat a participant's own explanation of events with a certain skepticism. It is often the statement made with an eye to the future that is the most suspect (Julian Barnes Quotes) Is recycling to do with global warming? Need you ask? Well, I only ask because we've been recycling for twenty years or so, and no one was talking about global warming back then (Julian Barnes Quotes) Was this their exact exchange? Almost certainly not. Still, it is my best memory of their exchange (Julian Barnes Quotes) You may say, But wasn't this the Sixties? Yes, but only for some people, only in certain parts of the country (Julian Barnes Quotes) I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen (Julian Barnes Quotes) Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary (Julian Barnes Quotes) And perhaps it was also the case that, for all a lifetime's internal struggling, you were finally no more than what others saw you as. That was your nature, whether you liked it or not (Julian Barnes Quotes) Was it the case that colours dimmed as the eye grew elderly? Or was it rather that in youth your excitement about the world transferred itself onto everything you saw and made it brighter? (Julian Barnes Quotes) Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be (Julian Barnes Quotes) But cockteasing is also a metaphor: she is someone who will manipulate your inner self while holding hers back from you (Julian Barnes Quotes) Had my life increased, or merely added to itself? There had been addition and subtraction in my life, but how much multiplication? (Julian Barnes Quotes) how time first grounds us and then confounds us... give us enough time and our best - supported decisions will seem wobbly, our certainties whimsical (Julian Barnes Quotes) Those little age differentials, so crucial and so gross when we are young, erode. We end up belonging to the same category, that of the non young. I've never much minded this myself (Julian Barnes Quotes) Sometimes I think the purpose of life is to reconcile us to its eventual loss by wearing us down, by proving, however long it takes, that life isn't all it's cracked up to be (Julian Barnes Quotes) It strikes me that this may be one of the differences between youth and age: when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others (Julian Barnes Quotes) History isn't the lies of the victors, as I once glibly assured Old Joe Hunt; I know that now. It's more the memories of the survivors, most of whom are neither victorious or defeated (Julian Barnes Quotes) Tertullian said of Christian belief that it was true because it was impossible. Perhaps love is essential because it's unnecessary (Julian Barnes Quotes) There's nothing wrong with being a genius who can fascinate the young. Rather, there's something wrong with the young who can't be fascinated by a genius (Julian Barnes Quotes) Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business (Julian Barnes Quotes) An element of propaganda, of sales and marketing, always intervened between the inner and the outer person (Julian Barnes Quotes) Literature is the best way of telling the truth; it's a process of producing grand, beautiful, well ordered lies that tell more truth than any assemblage of facts (Julian Barnes Quotes) Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. 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) What becomes of a chain of argument when the links are made of different metals, each with a separate frangibility? (Julian Barnes Quotes) Life isn't just addition and subtraction. There's also the accumulation, the multiplication, of loss, of failure (Julian Barnes Quotes) If you want to make people pay attention to what you're saying, you don't raise your voice but lower it: this is what really commands attention (Julian Barnes Quotes) Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we enjoy and value it, and how we lose it (Julian Barnes Quotes)

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