Julian Barnes Quote

Pride makes us long for a solution to things — a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear.


Flaubert's Parrot (1984)


Pride makes us long for a solution to things — a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear.

Pride makes us long for a solution to things — a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear.

Pride makes us long for a solution to things — a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear.

Pride makes us long for a solution to things — a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear.