Julian Barnes Quotes
how weird it would be to have around you only as many books as you have time to read in the rest of your life. And I remain deeply attached to the physical book and the physical bookshop.
The constant tug between nature and civilization is what keeps on our toes. Though of course, that did rather beg the question of how you defined nature and how you defined civilization.
Me and my books, in the same apartment: like a gherkin in its vinegar.
What does the novel do? It tells beautiful, shapely lies which enclose hard, exact truths.