"This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature."

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Julian Barnes

#Literature Quotes #Turns Quotes

“I grew up in Texas in a family that fished and hunted, so I've shot guns as a kid.”
“Religion controls inner space; inner space controls outer space.”
“She sits in the driveway, freezing, for thirty-six minutes. Arguing with herself. Because she thinks she's in love with him too. And there are two ways she can be a fool in love right now. She chooses the harder one. And knocks on the door.”

Source : Lisa McMann (2010). “Wake”, p.156, Simon and Schuster
“Every time I've talked about my family in the past, people have ended up getting upset. So I said to my friends and family: 'I shan't refer to you at all, and there's nothing for you to get upset about. There's the deal.”
“A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner.”
“Nice is OK when it's among other things but never when it stands alone”
“I became an actor to escape my own personality. Acting is the most therapeutic thing in the world. You see, through acting you come full circle in your personality and, oh, what a grand time you can have along the way being wonderful people through your characters...I think all the courage that I may lack personally I have as an actor.”
“When I start on a book, I have been thinking about it and making occasional notes for some time... So I have lots of theme, locale, subjects and technical ideas... I don't worry about long periods of not doing anything. I know my subconscious is busy.”

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