Quotes from bookThe Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending is a 2011 novel written by British author Julian Barnes. The book is Barnes' eleventh novel written under his own name and was released on 4 August 2011 in the United Kingdom. The Sense of an Ending is narrated by a retired man named Tony Webster, who recalls how he and his clique met Adrian Finn at school and vowed to remain friends for life. When the past catches up with Tony, he reflects on the paths he and his friends have taken. In October 2011, The Sense of an Ending was awarded the Man Booker Prize. The following month it was nominated in the novels category at the Costa Book Awards.
“May you be ordinary, as the poet once wished the new-born baby.”
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“There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest.”
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“I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was.”
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“Yes, of course we were pretentious -- what else is youth for?”
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“What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed.”
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“If you’re that clever you can argue yourself into anything.”
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“This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature.”
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“Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual.”
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“And yet it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us time’s malleability.”
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“You can put it another way, of course; you always can.”
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