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Anita Brookner Quotes

«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.»
Author: Anita Brookner (Author, Historian) | Keywords: admirable
«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.»
Author: Anita Brookner (Author, Historian) | Keywords: being bold
«What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere -- it is an art form in itself.»
«Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.»
«You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.»
«Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.»
«The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.»
«Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.»
«Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.»
«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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