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

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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