Author: Anita Brookner

Quotes

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

- Anita Brookner

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.

- Anita Brookner

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

- Anita Brookner

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.

- Anita Brookner

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.

- Anita Brookner

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

- Anita Brookner

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.

- Anita Brookner

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you.

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you.

- Anita Brookner

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

- Anita Brookner

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