My ideal relationship with the reader is that at certain points they will have said, 'I'm finding this quite tough, but I'm going to hang in there,' then at the end they will say, 'Oh God, I'm glad I hung on, it was so worth it.' Sebastian Faulks More Quotes by Sebastian Faulks More Quotes From Sebastian Faulks The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings which normally we keep locked up in the heart. Sebastian Faulks soul feelings heart You put your time where your priority is. Sebastian Faulks priorities People never explain to you exactly what they think and feel and how their thoughts and feelings work, do they? They don't have time. Or the right words. But that's what books do. It's as though your daily life is a film in the cinema. It can be fun, looking at those pictures. But if you want to know what lies behind the flat screen you have to read a book. That explains it all. Sebastian Faulks fun book lying Memory is the only thing that binds you to earlier selves; for the rest, you become an entirely different being every decade or so, sloughing off the old persona, renewing and moving on. You are not who you were, he told her, nor who you will be. Sebastian Faulks self memories moving Our own choices might not be as good as those that are made for us. Sebastian Faulks choices made might Oh, the sweetness of giving in, of full surrender. Sebastian Faulks sweetness surrender giving Have you ever been lonely? No, neither have I. Solitary, yes. Alone, certainly. But lonely means minding about being on your own. I've never minded about it. Sebastian Faulks solitary lonely mean The end-of-summer winds make people restless. Sebastian Faulks summer wind people Inhale and hold the evening in your lungs. Sebastian Faulks lungs inhale evening One thing about London is that when you step out into the night, it swallows you. Sebastian Faulks london steps night We're deaf men working as musicians; we play the music but we can't hear it. Sebastian Faulks musician play men All my life I had lived on the presumption that there was no existence beyond... flesh, the moment of being alive... then nothing. I had searched in superstition... But there was nothing. Then I heard the sound of my own life leaving me. It was so... tender. I regretted that I had paid it no attention. Then I believed in the wisdom of what other men had found before me... I saw that those simple things might be true... I never wanted to believe in them because it was better to fight my own battle. You can believe in something without compromising the burden of your own existence. Sebastian Faulks fighting simple believe I'd never chosen to be alone, but that was the way things had turned out, and I'd grown used to it. Sebastian Faulks chosen used way If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial. Sebastian Faulks hints fool would-be I don't find life unbearably grave. I find it almost intolerably frivolous. Sebastian Faulks frivolous graves I know. I was there. I saw the great void in your soul, and you saw mine. Sebastian Faulks void soul reflection And sometimes in life, I imagine, good things do happen. Most of the time, it's the opposite, obviously. But I don't think you should rule out the possibility that just occasionally chance might deal you a good card. Sebastian Faulks opposites cards thinking There you are, sir. There's nothing more than to love and be loved. Sebastian Faulks I suppose I was lucky enough to be educated at a time when teachers still thought children could handle knowledge. They trusted us. Then there came a time when they decided that because not every kid in the class could understand or remember those things they wouldn't teach them anymore because it wasn't fair on the less good ones. So they withheld knowledge. Then I suppose the next lot of teachers didn't have the knowledge to withhold. Sebastian Faulks teacher kids children I don't like being rumbled, I like to be invisible. Sebastian Faulks invisible
