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Thinking Quotes by Julian Barnes
- Those were the days in this country where H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw and Conan Doyle could have influence, and thats gone, thats true. But…
- All bad things are exaggerated in the middle of the night. When you lie awake, you only think of bad things.
- I am death-fearing. I don't think I'm morbid. That seems to me a fear of death that goes beyond the rational. Whereas it seems to…
- Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction.
- 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.…
- 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…
- When you're young - when I was young - you want your emotions to be like the ones you read about in books. You want…
- Sometimes I think the purpose of life is to reconcile us to its eventual loss by wearing us down, by proving, however long it takes,…
- Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm…
- Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to…
- ...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the nature of life…
- Nature is so exact, it hurts exactly as much as it is worth, so in a way one relishes the pain, I think. If it…
- Love may not lead where we think or hope, but regardless of outcome it should be a call to seriousness and truth. If it is…
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- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
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