Julian Barnes, England, England Quotes
Memories of childhood were the dreams that stayed with you after you woke.
Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be.
And perhaps it was also the case that, for all a lifetime's internal struggling, you were finally no more than what others saw you as. That was your nature, whether you liked it or not.
Was it the case that colours dimmed as the eye grew elderly? Or was it rather that in youth your excitement about the world transferred itself onto everything you saw and made it brighter?
