Quotes by Anita Brookner

Anita Brookner
British Writer
Alive from: 1938-
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A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.
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She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.
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A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat but a woman under the guise of friendship will engage in acts of duplicity which come to light very much later. There are different species of self-justification.
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A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
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Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.
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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.
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Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.
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Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.
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Great writers are the saints for the godless.
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In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
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In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you.
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It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.
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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.
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Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.
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Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.
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