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Julian Barnes

“And that was all the part of it - the way you were obliged to live. You stifled a groan, you lied about your love, you deceived your legal wife, and all in the name of honour. That was the damned paradox of it - in order to behave well, you have to behave badly.”

Julian Barnes, Arthur & George
tags: honour, life, paradox
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