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What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.
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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London
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The self-fulfilled woman is far from reality.
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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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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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Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.
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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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Romanticism is not just a mode it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.
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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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Death is only a small interruption.
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Great writers are the saints for the godless.
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Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.
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For once a thing is known, it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten.
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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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You can never betray the people who are dead.
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It is best to marry for purely selfish reasons.
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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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I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as one has an alibi.
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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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No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.
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When you make a break for freedom you don't necessarily find company on the way.
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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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