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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.
More from Julian Barnes (140 quotes) →Other sayings from Julian Barnes
- “Love is just a system for getting someone to call you Darling after sex.”Julian Barnes
- “I remember, in no particular order:—a shiny inner wrist;—steam rising from a wet sink as a hot frying pan is…”Julian Barnes
- “Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-…”Julian Barnes
- “wear flannel next to your skin, and never believe in eternal punishment.”Julian Barnes
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- “Put out my eyes, and I can see you still;slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;and without any feet can go…”Rainer Maria Rilke
- “I'll just tell you what I remember because memory is as close as I've gotten to building my own time machine.”Samantha Hunt
- “Writing is like scrambling up a hill on all fours; you arrive halfway up, and you are committed - you want to…”Suzy Davies
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- “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these…”Mark Twain
- “...life's about accumulating wrinkles, deep as rivers and as wide as is needed to travel along their path, so…”Liam Howley
- “Sleeping in the simple small cottage rather than hotels... and under the billion stars is one of the breathta…”El Fuego
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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