"What is taken away is greater than the……" — Julian Barnes
"What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but it is emotionally possible."
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184 Quotes by Julian Barnes
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Irony ... may be defined as what people miss.
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Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery.
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You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not.…
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There is a German word, Sehnsucht, which has no English equivalent; it means 'the longing for something'. It has Romantic…
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Why should anything happen when everything has happened?
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As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the…
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Why does the writing make us chase the writer? Why can't we leave well enough alone? Why aren't the books…
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I could not bounce back from my divorce - emotionally - I just could not bounce back.
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I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock.
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