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Julian Barnes

"When you read a great book, you donâ€™t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape â€“ into different countries, mores, speech patterns â€“ but what you are essentially doing is furthering your understanding of lifeâ€™s subtleties, paradoxes, joys, pains and truths. Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic."

Source : "Julian Barnes: my life as a bibliophile". www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.

Julian Barnes

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“Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jhumpa Lahiri from May 08, 2011
“If a child smiles, if an adult smiles, that is very important. If in our daily lives we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind.”
“It's just the way we've chosen to deal with it. What's there to talk about The reality is that we're undermanned in a lot of areas. We're in the best league in the country. We don't have to read the paper to know that all the teams we play are quality teams.”
“I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place.”
“Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless.”
“So many women waited until later to get married and then even later after they got married to have children. And then they have problems, and it takes them five, six, seven years to have children.”
“I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years.”

Source : "Chirac allies storm ahead in poll". cnn.com. June 10, 2002.
“Cheap work is seldom, if ever, valuable. Usually, itâ€™s just cheap.”

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