The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature; only then can he see clearly

Quote by Julian Barnes

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Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all.

Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all.

The land of embarrassment and breakfast.

The land of embarrassment and breakfast.

Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex.

Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex.

People in love, it is well known, suffer extreme conceptual delusions, the most common of...

People in love, it is well known, suffer extreme conceptual delusions, the most common of...

Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things...

Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things...

Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex

Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex

Sex is nature's way of saying 'Hi!'

Sex is nature's way of saying 'Hi!'

As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or...

As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or...