"It seemed to be simple, even simplistic"

"It seemed to be simple, even simplistic" - Homage to Hemingway by Julian Barnes

"I think you've covered all my points"

"I think you've covered all my points" - Homage to Hemingway by Julian Barnes

"People worried about the usual small things, which to them were big things"

"People worried about the usual small things, which to them were big things" - Homage to Hemingway by Julian Barnes

"He thought, that was the best you could hope for life: a kind of pause"

"He thought, that was the best you could hope for life: a kind of pause" - Homage to Hemingway by Julian Barnes

"He doubted he would ever write anything of lasting value"

"He doubted he would ever write anything of lasting value" - Homage to Hemingway by Julian Barnes

"You don't believe such women exist?"

"You don't believe such women exist?" - Homage to Hemingway by Julian Barnes

"Well, people often don't understand why they do things"

"Well, people often don't understand why they do things" - Homage to Hemingway by Julian Barnes

"I remembered the first time a dentist gave me an injection"

"I remembered the first time a dentist gave me an injection" - Complicity by Julian Barnes

"We were never warned about heartbreak"

"We were never warned about heartbreak" - Complicity by Julian Barnes

"There's something about closing your eyes that makes you more vulnerable"

"There's something about closing your eyes that makes you more vulnerable" - Complicity by Julian Barnes

"I was trying to be myself, whatever that might be"

"I was trying to be myself, whatever that might be" - Complicity by Julian Barnes

"She never takes any notice of me, anyway"

"She never takes any notice of me, anyway" - Complicity by Julian Barnes