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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
Art Historian
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The self-fulfilled woman is far from reality.
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And without understanding, could each properly love the other?
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Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.
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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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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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