Julian Barnes Quote

We usually learn from debates that we seldom learn from debates.

The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the end of its term.

For us to progress, we must be community in liberty, equality and fraternity.

Sometimes I felt I would die by wishing it when I went to sleep but I always woke up again and found I was still there. Every morning finding I'm still me, that's hell.Well, get out of hell then! The...

He began to prefer talking on the phone to actually getting together with someone, preferred the bodilessness of it, and started to turn down social engagements. He didn't want to actually sit across...

The 'Dance of Love' is much more of a dialogue, one takes the lead and the other follows. One dictates a step and the other carries it out. One determines the direction, the other determines the dista...

I call the right axe Sorrow," she said. "You know what I call the left one?" "Happiness?" "Sorrow. I can't tell them apart.

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue.

I am still not used to being the possessor of such a grand title. I believe I shall have to start wearing a purple satin turban and carrying a lorgnette.

Well,' Frederick had said, 'I will see what can be arranged, Archie. But I will not have the girl frightened or compromised.''You sound like a grandfather who has raised fifteen daughters and is now s...