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Julian Barnes Quotes

Julian Barnes quotes

English Writer January 19, 1946

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Julian Barnes quote: "A pier is a disappointed bridge."
A pier is a disappointed bridge. Julian Barnes
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
Julian Barnes quote: "wear flannel next to your skin, and never believe in eternal..."
wear flannel next to your skin, and never believe in eternal punishment. Julian Barnes
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. [p. 66] Julian Barnes
That's one of the central problems of history, isn't it, sir? The question of subjective versus objective interpretation, the fact that we need to know the history of the historian in order to understand the version that is being put in front of us. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "No sooner do we come into this world, than bits of us start to..."
No sooner do we come into this world, than bits of us start to fall off. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all."
Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all. Julian Barnes
The heap of dirty dishes was normal for Arthur, who had applied for a reduction in his water rate on the grounds that he washed up only every fortnight, and then used the leftover liquid for watering his roses. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is..."
The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously. Julian Barnes
The better you know someone, the less well you often see them (and the less well they can therefore be transferred into fiction). They may be so close as to be out of focus, and there is no operating novelist to dispel the blur. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry..."
Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "It was perfectly possible to be an artist, yet also to be..."
It was perfectly possible to be an artist, yet also to be robust and responsible. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "Poets don’t run out of material the way novelists do because..."
Poets don’t run out of material the way novelists do because they don’t depend on material in the same way. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: " forty's nothing, at fifty you're in your prime, sixty's the..."
... forty's nothing, at fifty you're in your prime, sixty's the new forty, and so on. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the..."
Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the snorkel of sanity. Julian Barnes

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