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Lives Quotes by 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,…
- We live with such easy assumptions, don't we? For instance, that memory equals events plus time. But it's all much odder than this. Who was…
- Does character develop over time? In novels, of course it does: otherwise there wouldn't be much of a story. But in life? I sometimes wonder.…
- I certainly believe we all suffer damage, one way or another. How could we not,except in a world of perfect parents, siblings, neighbours, companions? And…
- But I’ve been turning over in my mind the question of nostalgia, and whether I suffer from it. I certainly don’t get soggy at the…
- 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…
- Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from our human and…
More Lives Quotes
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend… — Julian Assange
- Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world,… — Chinua Achebe
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of… — David Attenborough
- I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when… — Margaret Atwood
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. — Marcus Aurelius