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The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

Anita Brookner

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Anita Brookner
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 16
Died: 2016
Died: March 10
Art Historian
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
London
England
Beginning
Wonderful
Romanticism
Happiness
Impossibility
Become
Romantic
May
Romance
Love
Sadness
Rule
Essence

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