Author: Anita Brookner

Quotes

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

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

- 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

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.

- Anita Brookner

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

- Anita Brookner

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

- 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

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

- Anita Brookner

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