"Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction."

-- Julian Barnes

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“I wasnâ€™t sure what expression I was expecting her to wear when she saw that it was me. Iâ€™d braced myself for disgust or anger. But she just looked at me like I was â€” nothing. An annoyance, maybe.”
“We are all human, and caring about the way something looks and feels does not mean we're superficial--it means we're human. We don't need to exploit sex to recognize that a certain amount of sexiness is both pleasurable and natural.”
“We were not the victims of ancestor worship. We had the benefits of a fresh start.”
“But psychology is a more tricky field, in which even outstanding authorities have been known to run in circles, 'describing things which everyone knows in language which no one understands'.”
“Captain Niall, having apparently resigned himself to losing his quarry, was savaging her horsehair petticoat into teeny, tiny shreds. "Really, what did my poor petticoat do to offend?”
“And with it all, good design's not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start.â€”
“Forests precede us and deserts dog our heels.”
“Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila.”

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