# Quote — Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

> History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.

- Author: [Julian Barnes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/julian-barnes.md)
- Book: [The Sense of an Ending](https://www.leafyquotes.com/julian-barnes/the-sense-of-an-ending.md)
- Page: 17
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