„[…] what you end up remembering isn´t always the same as what you have witnessed.“

(Julian Barnes: „The Sense of an Ending“, Jonathan Cape 2011, Seite 3)

„Real literature was about psychological, emotional and social truth as demonstrated by the actions and reflections of its protagonists; the novel was about character developed over time.“

(Julian Barnes: „The Sense of an Ending“, Jonathan Cape 2011, Seite 15)