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Julian Barnes Quotes

Julian Barnes quotes

English Writer January 19, 1946

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Julian Barnes quote: "Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility..."
Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary Julian Barnes
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
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
You can deal with the brain, as I say; it looks sensible, whereas the heart, the human heart, I'm afraid, looks a fucking mess. Julian Barnes
He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an instinctive decision, then build up an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it. And call the result common sense. Julian Barnes
Why slum it where people were burdened by yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that? By history? Here, on the Island, they had learnt how to deal with history, how to sling it carelessly on your back and stride out across the download with the breeze in your face. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "Every bird you downed bore pebbles in its gizzard from a land..."
Every bird you downed bore pebbles in its gizzard from a land the maps ignored. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "An element of propaganda, of sales and marketing, always..."
An element of propaganda, of sales and marketing, always intervened between the inner and the outer person. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "History: the lies of the victors, the self-delusions of the..."
History: the lies of the victors, the self-delusions of the defeated. Julian Barnes
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
Julian Barnes quote: "Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in..."
Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice. Julian Barnes
Some admit the damage, and try to mitigate it; some spend their lives trying to help others who are damaged; and then there are those whose main concern is to avoid further damage to themselves, at whatever cost. And those are the ones who are ruthless, and the ones to be careful of. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond..."
There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest. Julian Barnes
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
After a long analysis of Robson’s suicide, we concluded that it could only be considered philosophical in an arithmetical sense of the term: he, being about to cause an increase of one in the human population, had decided it was his ethical duty to keep the planet’s numbers constant. Julian Barnes

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