Julian Barnes relates a story of a friend of his who was going through some kind of mid-life crisis or something, and someone chastises him for living such a cliché.
He responds, “It may be a cliché, but it doesn’t feel cliché to me.”
Julian Barnes relates a story of a friend of his who was going through some kind of mid-life crisis or something, and someone chastises him for living such a cliché.
He responds, “It may be a cliché, but it doesn’t feel cliché to me.”
April 7, 2011 at 12:51 pm
A cliché becomes a cliché because everyone goes through it.
April 14, 2011 at 11:09 am
Thanks – where is article source?
April 18, 2011 at 10:40 am
It’s from Barnes’ book, Nothing To Be Frightened Of. (Don’t know the page.) Didn’t love the book, but loved this vignette.