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Julian Barnes Quotes

Julian Barnes quotes about time

English Writer January 19, 1946

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Who was it said that memory is what we thought we'd forgotten? And it ought to be obvious to us that time doesn't act as a fixative, rather as a solvent. But it's not convenient--it's not useful--to believe this; it doesn't help us get on with our lives; so we ignore it. [p. 69] Julian Barnes
For some people, the time differentials established in youth never really disappear: the elder remains the elder, even when both are dribbling greybeards. For some people, a gap of, say, five months means that one will perversely always think of himself--herself--as wiser and more knowledgeable than the other, whatever the evidence to the contrary. Or perhaps I should say because of the evidence to the contrary. Because it is perfectly clear to any objective observer that the balance has... Julian Barnes
In those days, we imagined ourselves as being kept in some kind of holding pen, waiting to be released into our lives. And when the moment came, our lives -- and time itself -- would speed up. How were we to know that our lives had in any case begun, that some advantage had already been gained, some damage already inflicted? Also, that our release would only be into a larger holding pen, whose boundaries would be at first undiscernible. Julian Barnes
When you’re young you prefer the vulgar months, the fullness of the seasons. As you grow older you learn to like the in-between times, the months that can’t make up their minds. Perhaps it’s a way of admitting that things can’t ever bear the same certainty again. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "And yet it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach..."
And yet it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us time’s malleability. Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes quote: "As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your..."
As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the front page of the papers. Julian Barnes
...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
Julian Barnes quote: "in this country shadings of class resist time longer than..."
....in this country shadings of class resist time longer than differentials in age Julian Barnes
Well, they each seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realize that literature depends on doing several things well at the same time. Julian Barnes

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