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Life versus Death becomes, as Montaigne pointed out, Old Age versus Death.Julian Barnes
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The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic.Julian Barnes
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Memory is identity. I have believed this since — oh, since I can remember. You are what you have done; what you have done is in your memory; what you remember defines who you are; when you forget your life you cease to be, even before your death.Julian Barnes
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The mechanism of natural selection depends on the survival, not of the strongest, nor the most intelligent, but of the most adaptable.Julian Barnes