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Σ'αγαπώ. Πρώτα πρώτα, καλά θα κάναμε να φυλάξουμε αυτή τη φράση σ'ένα ψηλό ράφι, σ'ένα τετράγωνο κουτί, πίσω από ένα τζάμι που πρέπει να σπάσουμε με τον αγκώνα μας, στην τράπεζα. Δεν πρέπει να την αφήνουμε όπου να'ναι στο σπίτι, σαν ένα σωληνάριο βιταμίνη C. Αν την έχουμε πρόχειρη, θα τη χρησιμοποιήσουμε χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη, δεν θ'αντέξουμε στον πειρασμό. Λέμε βέβαια πως δεν θα το κάνουμε, αλλά θα το κάνουμε. Θα είμαστε μεθυσμένοι ή θα νιώθουμε μοναξιά ή -το πιθανότερο απ'όλα- θα θέλουμε να τρέφουμε ελπίδες, που να πάρει, και τότε η φράση θα χαθεί, θα καταναλωθεί, θα μαγαριστεί.

Julian Barnes

Σ'αγαπώ. Πρώτα πρώτα, καλά θα κάναμε να φυλάξουμε αυτή τη φράση σ'ένα ψηλό ράφι, σ'ένα τετράγωνο κουτί, πίσω από ένα τζάμι που πρέπει να σπάσουμε με τον αγκώνα μας, στην τράπεζα. Δεν πρέπει να την αφήνουμε όπου να'ναι στο σπίτι, σαν ένα σωληνάριο βιταμίνη C. Αν την έχουμε πρόχειρη, θα τη χρησιμοποιήσουμε χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη, δεν θ'αντέξουμε στον πειρασμό. Λέμε βέβαια πως δεν θα το κάνουμε, αλλά θα το κάνουμε. Θα είμαστε μεθυσμένοι ή θα νιώθουμε μοναξιά ή -το πιθανότερο απ'όλα- θα θέλουμε να τρέφουμε ελπίδες, που να πάρει, και τότε η φράση θα χαθεί, θα καταναλωθεί, θα μαγαριστεί.

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About Julian Barnes

Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. He won the Man Booker Prize in 2011 with The Sense of an Ending, having been shortlisted three times previously with Flaubert's Parrot, England, England, and Arthur & George. Barnes has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh (having married Pat Kavanagh). In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections of essays and short stories.
In 2004 he became a Commandeur of L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His honours also include the Somerset Maugham Award and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He was awarded the 2021 Jerusalem Prize.