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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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- “Is despair wrong? Isn’t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? … After a number of events, wha…”Julian Barnes
- “The mechanism of natural selection depends on the survival, not of the strongest, nor the most intelligent, b…”Julian Barnes
- “Art belongs to everybody and nobody. Art belongs to all time and no time. Art belongs to those who create it…”Julian Barnes
- “Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be.”Julian Barnes
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- “You have an internal brake which you are most likely unaware of”Sunday Adelaja
- “Whatever I learned,Whatever I knew,Seems like those faded years of childhood that flew,Away in some dilemma,A…”Mehek Bassi
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- “Writing, film, sculpture, music: it's all make-believe, really.”Kate Bush
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- “I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that tim…”Alex O'Loughlin
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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