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Something Quotes by Julian Barnes
- You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not. They may crash and burn,…
- There is a German word, Sehnsucht, which has no English equivalent; it means 'the longing for something'. It has Romantic and mystical connotations; C.S. Lewis…
- Do not imagine that Art is something which is designed to give gentle uplift and self-confidence . Art is not a brassiere. At least, not…
- The best form of government is one that is dying, because that means it’s giving way to something else.
- How rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deserve? How hopelessly we signal; how dark the sky; how big the waves. We…
- He thought of trying to explain something he had recently noticed about himself: that if anyone insulted him, or one of his friends, he didn't…
- When you're young - when I was young - you want your emotions to be like the ones you read about in books. You want…
- 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.…
- 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…
- And no, it wasn't shame I now felt, or guilt, but something rarer in my life and stronger than both: remorse. A feeling which is…
- 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…
- You get towards the end of life - no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of any likelihood of change in that…
- Not merely hope, but any burdensome yearning: ambition, hatred, love (especially love) - how rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deserve?…
- You put together two people who have not been put together before. Sometimes it is like that first attempt to harness a hydrogen balloon to…
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