I remember laughing with relief that the same old adolescent boredom goes on from generation to generation. ...the words took me back to my own years of stagnancy, and that terrible waiting for life to begin. [p. 68]
Julian BarnesTime...give us enough time and our best-supported decisions will seem wobbly, our certainties whimsical.
Julian BarnesThe best form of government is one that is dying, because that means itโs giving way to something else.
Julian BarnesWe thought we were being mature when we were only being safe. We imagined we were being responsible but were only being cowardly. What we called realism turned out to be a way of avoiding things rather than facing them.
Julian Barnes