Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary
Julian BarnesTime...give us enough time and our best-supported decisions will seem wobbly, our certainties whimsical.
Julian BarnesDoes history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that's too grand, too considered a process. History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago.
Julian BarnesI had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was.
Julian Barnes