Author: Anita Brookner

Quotes

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

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

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

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

- 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 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

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 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

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

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