All that happens is that the destruction of one order makes way for the construction of another.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Change and Renewal
C
Discovery through Writing
D
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Human Self-Delusion
H
Our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Immersion through Reading
I
When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Cyclical History
C
History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Personal Identity
P
Memory is identity…. You are what you remember.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Essence of Love
E
Love is the meeting point of truth and magic. Truth, as in photography; magic, as in ballooning.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Unpredictable Life
U
We make our own stories, and they never end the way we think they will.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Electoral Integrity
E
It’s not the voting that’s democracy; it’s the counting.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Understanding Others
U
To be known so well by someone is an unimaginable gift. But to be imagined so well by someone is even better.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot