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Julian Barnes Quote: “And first love always happens in the overwhelming first person. How can it not? Also, in the overwhelming present tense. It takes us time to realise that there are other persons, and other tenses.”

401. “And first love always happens in the overwhelming first person. How can it not? Also, in the overwhelming present tense. It takes us time to realise that there are other persons, and other tenses.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “And secondly, reducing the diversity between people didn’t result in harmony within. The narcissism of small differences ensured this.”

402. “And secondly, reducing the diversity between people didn’t result in harmony within. The narcissism of small differences ensured this.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “That next week was one of the loneliest of my life. There seemed nothing left to look forward to.”

403. “That next week was one of the loneliest of my life. There seemed nothing left to look forward to.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “Enforced monogamy is as much to say enforced happiness, which we know is not possible. Unenforced monogamy might seem possible. Romantic monogamy might seem to be desirable. But the first normally collapses back into a version of enforced monogamy, while the second is liable to become obsessive and hysterical. And thereby lies close to monomania. We should always distinguish between mutual passion and shared monomania.”

404. “Enforced monogamy is as much to say enforced happiness, which we know is not possible. Unenforced monogamy might seem possible. Romantic monogamy might seem to be desirable. But the first normally collapses back into a version of enforced monogamy, while the second is liable to become obsessive and hysterical. And thereby lies close to monomania. We should always distinguish between mutual passion and shared monomania.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “Well, getting our history wrong is part of being a person.”

405. “Well, getting our history wrong is part of being a person.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “There was an old char who came twice a week, Mrs. Dyer; she had poor eyesight for cleaning but perfect vision for stealing vegetables and pints of milk. But who else came to the house? No friends were mentioned. Each weekend, Macleod played a round of golf; Susan had the tennis club. In all the times I joined them for supper, I never met anyone else.”

406. “There was an old char who came twice a week, Mrs. Dyer; she had poor eyesight for cleaning but perfect vision for stealing vegetables and pints of milk. But who else came to the house? No friends were mentioned. Each weekend, Macleod played a round of golf; Susan had the tennis club. In all the times I joined them for supper, I never met anyone else.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “But what helps? What do we need to know? Not everything. Everything confuses. Directness also confuses. The full-face portrait staring back at you hypnotises. Flaubert is usually looking away in his portraits and photographs. He’s looking away so that you can’t catch his eye; he’s also looking away because what he can see over your shoulder is more interesting than your shoulder.”

407. “But what helps? What do we need to know? Not everything. Everything confuses. Directness also confuses. The full-face portrait staring back at you hypnotises. Flaubert is usually looking away in his portraits and photographs. He’s looking away so that you can’t catch his eye; he’s also looking away because what he can see over your shoulder is more interesting than your shoulder.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “From what I did and what I said Let them not seek to find who I was.”

408. “From what I did and what I said Let them not seek to find who I was.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “If you’re going to be a grown-up,” said Joan, “you’ve got to start thinking about grown-up things. And number one is money.”

409. “If you’re going to be a grown-up,” said Joan, “you’ve got to start thinking about grown-up things. And number one is money.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “Monoglot, the sign of an enclosed and self-deluding country.”

410. “Monoglot, the sign of an enclosed and self-deluding country.”

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Julian Barnes Quote: “He was too clever. If you’re that clever you can argue yourself into anything. You just leave common sense behind.”

411. “He was too clever. If you’re that clever you can argue yourself into anything. You just leave common sense behind.”

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