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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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- “Iconic Paris tells us: here are our three-star attractions, go thou and marvel. And so we gaze obediently at…”Julian Barnes
- “When you are in your twenties, if even if you're confused and uncertain about your aims and purposes, you hav…”Julian Barnes
- “What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but it…”Julian Barnes
- “It's the best way of telling the truth; it's a process of producing grand, beautiful, well-ordered lies that…”Julian Barnes
Explore Grief
- “...grief is loved turned into an eternal missing. ...It can't be contained in hours or days or minutes.”Rosamund Lupton
- “Dying is a very solitary thing. The only thing we can do it be there when she wants us there.”Lois Lowry
- “A poor old Widow in her weedsSowed her garden with wild-flower seeds;Not too shallow, and not too deep,And do…”Walter de la Mare
Death: more sayings
- “The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literat…”Isaac Bashevis Singer
- “You teach me now how cruel you've been - cruel and false. Why did you despise me? Why did you betray your own…”Emily Brontë
- “And death doesn't wait for you when your rested and ready. It sneaks up on you when your exhausted and hungry…”Lili St. Crow
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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