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Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker Regeneration: In her world, men loved women as the

In her world, men loved women as the fox loves the hare. And women loved men as the tapeworm loves the gut. — Pat Barker Regeneration

Pat Barker Quotes By Haruki Murakami: All alone in an unfamiliar place, like some

All alone in an unfamiliar place, like some solitary explorer who's lost his compass and his map. Is this what it means to be free? — Haruki Murakami

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: Half the world's work's done by hopeless neurotics.

Half the world's work's done by hopeless neurotics. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: Looking straight at the world is part of

Looking straight at the world is part of your duty as a writer. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are

Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: What I hate in fiction is when the

What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: Being a writer is a poverty trap. I

Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing

When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: You know you're walking around with a mask

You know you're walking around with a mask on, and you desperately want to take it off and you can't because everybody else thinks it's your face. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: First-person narrators can't die, so as long as

First-person narrators can't die, so as long as we keep telling the story of our own lives we're safe. Ha bloody fucking Ha. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: Murder is only killing in the wrong place.

Murder is only killing in the wrong place. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: 'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to

'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: I don't think it's possible to c-call yourself

I don't think it's possible to c-call yourself a C-Christian and ... and j-just leave out the awkward bits.' -Wilfred Owen — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Franz Kline: You instinctively like what you can't do.

You instinctively like what you can't do. — Franz Kline

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: Half the world's work is done by hopeless

Half the world's work is done by hopeless neurotics. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: Another person's life, observed from the outside, always

Another person's life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one's own life lacks. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Werner Erhard: There is something I do not know, the

There is something I do not know, the knowing of which could change everything. — Werner Erhard

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: He's a bar-room socialist, if that's what you

He's a bar-room socialist, if that's what you mean. Beer and revolution go in, piss come out — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: The result was I went nowhere.

The result was I went nowhere. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: One began by finding mental illness mystifying, and

One began by finding mental illness mystifying, and ended by being still more mystified by health. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: His happiness was almost painful, like circulation returning

His happiness was almost painful, like circulation returning to a dead leg. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: Culturally, the First World War is the war

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: The white bowl of the street began to

The white bowl of the street began to fill with darkness, from the pavement upwards, like somebody pouring tea into a cup. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Sanjo Jendayi: If "IT" doesn't break you, you have the

If "IT" doesn't break you, you have the opportunity to overtake "IT"! — Sanjo Jendayi

Pat Barker Quotes By Terrence Alonzo Craft: I always find heroes who are just like

I always find heroes who are just like me,
I forget they're only human, and like me, broken — Terrence Alonzo Craft

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: I believe that this war, upon which I

I believe that this war, upon which I entered as a war of defence and liberation, has now become a war of aggression and conquest. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: A society that devours its own young deserves

A society that devours its own young deserves no automatic or unquestioning allegiance. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: The past is a palimpsest. Early memories are

The past is a palimpsest. Early memories are always obscured by accumulations of later knowledge. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Maureen F. McHugh: We do not want to be haunds, teacher.

We do not want to be haunds, teacher. We just want the haunds to go elsewhere for easy prey. — Maureen F. McHugh

Pat Barker Quotes By Paris Hilton: I don't like parties past 2 am. Then

I don't like parties past 2 am. Then it's all losers and weirdos. — Paris Hilton

Pat Barker Quotes By Kurt Vonnegut: I think it's important to live in a

I think it's important to live in a nice country rather than a powerful one. Power makes everybody crazy. — Kurt Vonnegut

Pat Barker Quotes By Pat Barker: Sad but true that nothing puts a woman

Sad but true that nothing puts a woman in her place more effectively than a chivalrous gesture performed in a certain manner. — Pat Barker

Pat Barker Quotes By Vladimir Putin: You can do a lot more with weapons

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness. — Vladimir Putin