Julian Barnes is the author of "Flaubert's Parrot". The book is a postmodern novel that explores the life of Gustave Flaubert through the eyes of a fictional narrator. Barnes is a critically acclaimed author who has won numerous awards for his work.
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
You can define a net two ways, depending on your point of view. Normally, you’d say it’s a thing made of string with holes in it; but turn it around and it’s a thing made of holes tied together with string.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonourably, foolishly, viciously.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
All that happens is that the destruction of one order makes way for the construction of another.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot
Memory is identity…. You are what you remember.
Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot