Sebastian Faulks Quotes & Sayings

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31 most famous Sebastian Faulks quotes and sayings (novelist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“A romantic is someone who believes that something is valuable even if it doesn't last. And a non-romantic is someone who says that if something doesn't endure, or can't be logically proved and pinned down, it's worthless.”
“I am a romantic, in a literary way, by which I mean the Romantic poets, who thought just because a sensation is fleeting doesn't mean it isn't valuable. If the only criterion of value is whether something lasts, then the whole of human life is a waste of time.”
“There aren't many great passages written about food, but I love one by George Millar, who worked for the SOE in the second world war and wrote a book called 'Horned Pigeon.' He had been on the run and hadn't eaten for a week, and his description of the cheese fondue he smells in the peasant kitchen of a house in eastern France is unbelievable.”
Sebastian Faulks Quotes
“If you have only one life, you can't altogether ignore the question: are you enjoying it?”
Sebastian Faulks Quotes
“I think closeness to death would be pretty exhilarating in a way, and friendship, yeh, and selflessness, a kind of selflessness, a sense of your own worthlessness, I think, is pretty exhilarating.”
Sebastian Faulks Quotes
“Life can be lived at a remove. You trade in futures, and then you trade in derivatives of futures. Banks make more money trading derivatives than they do trading actual commodities.”
Sebastian Faulks Quotes
“In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy.”
Sebastian Faulks Quotes
“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 Quotes
“The nicest characters in 'A Week in December' are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.”
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“There's no such thing as identity: it's something we have to believe in to make life more tolerable.”

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