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Julian Barnes
“At a social event she and I would normally have attended together, an acquaintance came up and said to me, simply, “There’s someone missing.” That felt correct, in both senses.”
Julian Barnes, Levels of Life

Glen Cook
“Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.”
Glen Cook, Shadow Games

Edward Abbey
“Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.”
Edward Abbey

Julian Barnes
“Every love story is a potential grief story. If not at first, then later. If not for one, then for the other. Sometimes for both.”
Julian Barnes, Levels of Life

Julian Barnes
“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. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

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