What did Julian Barnes mean by: I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation. - Julian Barnes Author · England Copy
+ I dreamt that I woke up. It’s the oldest dream of all, and I’ve just had it Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Barnes, Dream, 0 - Julian Barnes Author · England
+ I hate the way the English have of not being serious about being serious, I really hate it. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Julian Barnes, Hate, Serious, 0 - Julian Barnes Author · England
+ But that’s one advantage of fiction, you can speed up time. Feraz Zeid, August 3, 2023December 12, 2023, Julian Barnes, Advantage, Fiction, Speed, 0 - Julian Barnes Author · England
+ Every love story is a potential grief story. Feraz Zeid, July 22, 2023December 12, 2023, Julian Barnes, Grief, Stories, 0 - Julian Barnes Author · England
+ The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Barnes, Book, Helping, Writing, 0 - Julian Barnes Author · England
+ Memories of childhood were the dreams that stayed with you after you woke. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Barnes, Childhood, Dream, Memories, 0 - Julian Barnes Author · England
+ There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Barnes, Accumulation, Responsibility, Unrest, 0 - Julian Barnes Author · England
+ Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Julian Barnes, Pretending, 0 - Julian Barnes Author · England
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself. - Jean-Francois de La Harpe Playwright · France
That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
When reason and instinct are reconciled, there will be no higher appeal. - Jean-Philippe Rameau Composer · France
History is not a suicide note — it is a record of our survival. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England