Was it the case that colours dimmed as the eye grew elderly Or was it rather that in youth your excitement about the world transferred itself onto everything you saw and made it brighter

Was it the case that colours dimmed as the eye grew elderly Or was it rather that in youth your excitement about the world transferred itself onto everything you saw and made it brighter
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Was it the case that colours dimmed as the eye grew elderly Or was it rather that in youth your excitement about the world transferred itself onto everything you saw and made it brighter Julian Barnes

Was it the case that colours dimmed as the eye grew elderly Or was it rather that in youth your excitement about the world transferred itself onto everything you saw and made it brighter
Julian Barnes