Julian Barnes
English novelist and essayist
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Irony ... may be defined as what people miss.
—Julian Barnes, English novelist and essayist, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters, 1989
Posted on February 8, 2000 at 12:14 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Top politicians generally have an arm's-length acquaintance with their own language: they only truly mean what other people help them say.
—Julian Barnes, English novelist and essayist, Letters from London, 1995
Posted on January 11, 2000 at 10:18 PM
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