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Them Quotes by Julian Barnes
- It is a bizarre thought that in this [U.S. 2008] presidential cycle we could have had a woman in the White House we might have…
- He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women…
- When you are young, you think that the old lament the deterioration of life because this makes it easier for them to die without regret.…
- It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.
- 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…
- You would think, wouldn’t you, that if you were the child of a happy marriage, then you ought to have a better than average marriage…
- And if you had no tongue, no celebrating language, you’d do this: cross your hands at the wrist with palms facing towards you; place your…
- When you're young - when I was young - you want your emotions to be like the ones you read about in books. You want…
- We thought we were being mature when we were only being safe. We imagined we were being responsible but were only being cowardly. What we…
- Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it’s still the eyes we look at, isn’t it? That’s where…
- 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…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster