Julian Barnes Quote

They'll say you are bador perhaps you are mador at least you should stay undercover.Your mind must be bareif you would dareto think you can love more than one lover.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.

May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be human.

I live with the hope that one day, someone, will look into my eyes and see the deepness of my soul, and all the suffering and struggles will finally make sense to the person that can see behind all th...

You need to keep hurting until you realise you never needed to hurt in the first place.

There is beauty all around us, and the light finds us when we realize, we are all part of that beauty and worth the cherishing. If we despise any, we journey to despise ourselves. See all as beautiful...

A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.