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About Julian Barnes
English essayist, novelist and short story writer
Julian Barnes is an English essayist, novelist, and short story writer. He is known for work that moves across fiction and essays, with a style that has made him a notable presence in contemporary English literature. His writing spans novels, short stories, and nonfiction essays, showing a range that has kept him widely read. On this site he is represented by 140 quotes, reflecting the reach of his work and the enduring interest in his prose.
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- “Altitude reduces all things to their relative proportions, and to the truth. Cares, remorse, disgust become s…”Julian Barnes
- “Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, the truest…”Julian Barnes
- “You get towards the end of life - no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of any likelihood of ch…”Julian Barnes
- “Music — good music, great music — had a hard, irreducible purity to it. It might be bitter and despairing and…”Julian Barnes
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- “The past is rich history. The present is sacred inscription. The future is yet to be written.”Lailah Gifty Akita
- “As Puerto Ricans, we don't do enough. I keep saying in the history books, when you are teaching history, ther…”Alex Cora
- “Venice is truly magical. The Devon-Dorset coast in England is so beautiful, and its sandstone cliffs are full…”Jo Beverley
More Art quotes
- “It's true that I had a bucolic, truly peaceful childhood, growing up in a house next to our family's orchard.…”Virginia Euwer Wolff
- “It finally was entirely silent and I inhaled and breathed its magical peace...”Oksana Rus
- “When you feel the need to moan and groan, laugh with woeful recognition and eat flaky pastries. If you hear y…”Amity Gaige
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Books by Julian Barnes
Flaubert's Parrot
1984
England, England
1999
The Sense of an Ending
2011
Arthur and George
2005
Love, etc
1994