Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But itโs still the eyes we look at, isnโt it? Thatโs where we found the other person, and find them still.
Julian BarnesDo we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, the truest lines or the flashiest ones?
Julian BarnesHe thought of trying to explain something he had recently noticed about himself: that if anyone insulted him, or one of his friends, he didn't really mind--or not much, anyway. Whereas if anyone insulted a novel, a story, a poem that he loved, something visceral and volcanic occurred within him. He wasn't sure what this might mean--except perhaps that he had got life and art mixed up, back to front, upside down.
Julian Barnes