Author of quotes: Julian Barnes. Page 4

It often happens that the better you know someone, the worse you can see it. It may be so close it will not focus...

I don't believe in God, but I miss Him.

What made the violin? Of wood but from sheep intestines. But unless the music becomes vulgar or banal? On the contrary, it delights us even more.

Loving, we gain a remarkable capacity for compassion, be sure to begin to see the world differently. Without this gift you will not be able to become neither a good lover nor a good artist nor a good politician (pretend, of course, you can, but it's not about that).

"I love you". The first thing I will hide these words on the top shelf; in an iron box, a glass which in the case supposed to break elbow; in a reliable Bank. You can't throw them anywhere, just the tube with vitamin C. If these words are always at hand, we begin to resort to them without thinking; we are not strong enough to abstain.

When I live with a man, then gradually lose the ability to bring him joy, but the ability to inflict pain remains the same.

An Englishman once said that marriage is a long and boring dinner party, where dessert is served first.

Men should be spared, thought gin; to have compassion and to leave them. Women were brought up in the belief that men are the answer to everything. But this is not so. They not even no question.

No courage without fear and without having to admit to fear. Men's courage was different from women's courage. Men's courage was going to be almost certainly killed. Women's courage - at least, so said all was durability. Men have proven courage in a furious battle, women in Forbearance. It met their nature: men were obidchivy, irritating women. Perhaps for courage should be angry. Men left in the world, and were bold, women stayed home and argued with courage, stoically enduring their absence. And then with a smile, thought Jean, men returned home and became annoyed, and women have proven their courage, bravely enduring their presence.

Sticks and stones break bones, and words hurt. Why people come up with such sayings, if not because they are afraid with good reason, as it was not Vice versa?

Be smart - about the same how to be good: you can be an example of virtue in a society someone-and very bad in society someone else. You can be smart with one person and stupid with others. Partly it was the confidence.

But it especially baffled that it was possible to live close to someone without even a hint of a sense of intimacy - at least without what always seemed to her intimacy. They lived, ate, slept together, they had jokes, all others do not understand, they knew each other down to underwear, however, is generated only by a system of conduct, not a priceless unity feedback.

Be born, grow up, get married. People pretended to be - and possibly sincerely believed that your life begins when you're getting married. But it is not. The marriage is the end, not the beginning-otherwise why would so many books and movies end at the altar? Getting married is the answer, not a question. And no reason for complaints, just a fact. You got married, and order.
Order. Such a common word. To organize. Full order, to put himself in order. What else are you doing up, thought Jean. Well, Yes, of course, bills. You owe money and bring bills in order. It is the same when you get older. Your parents cared for you and expect something from you, let not one of you has formulated what it is. Bills requiring payment. To marry meant to bring bills in order.
And it does not mean that you are going to live happily ever after. Not at all. Just means that you're good.

Yes, here's another way to evaluate the men: either they stand firmly on the ground with both feet or head in the clouds.