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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.

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
Strategy
Relationship
Decision
Happens
Real
Strategists
Love
Strategist
Life
Pilgrimage
People
Rare

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