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Great writers are the saints for the godless.
Anita Brookner
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Anita Brookner
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 16
Died: 2016
Died: March 10
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Problems of human behavior still continue to baffle us, but at least in the Library we have them properly filed.
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That sun, that light had faded, and she had faded with them. Now she was as grey as the season itself.
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Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.
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The self-fulfilled woman is far from reality.
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What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.
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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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There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that.
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Life is a pilgrimage and if you don't play by the rules you don't find the Road to Damascus, you find the Crown of Thorns.
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The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.
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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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The evening passes somehow I watch television with Nancy, or I write. It is difficult, not having a family, and it is difficult to explain. I always go to bed early. And I am always ready for Monday morning, that time that other people dread.
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The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
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To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.
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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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Death is only a small interruption.
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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.
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I think you always feel braver in another language.
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Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.
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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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