Julian Barnes, The Sense Of An Ending

Quotes

• “How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, ...”
• “Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's busin...”
• “Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to un...”
• “This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature.”