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Novelist

Sebastian Faulks is a renowned British novelist known for his delicate writing style and profound character portrayals. His works cover a range of themes including World War II, love, and history, with 'Birdsong' and 'The Man Who Could Not Stop Laughing' being his most representative works.

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“My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a banana and 98 per cent with a chimpanzee. Banana's don't do psychological consistency. And the tiny part of us that's different - the special Homo sapiens bit - is faulty. It doesn't work. Sorry about that.”

Different Problem Bits My Own Share Special Sorry Tiny Psychological Cents Consistency Diagnosis Homo Sapiens Bananas Chimpanzees Genome

Book:Engleby: A Novel

Source: Engleby: A Novel

“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.”

Different Self Moving Memories Decades Persona

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“We all operate on different levels of awareness. Half the time I don't know what I'm doing.”

Knows Different Levels Half Awareness Different Levels

Book:Engleby: A Novel

Source: Engleby: A Novel

About the Author

Born: April 20, 1953
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 95

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