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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.

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
Gods
God
Ancient
Fortune
Gift
Winning
Bold
Good
Favor
Favors

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Fiction is the great repository of the moral sense. The wicked get punished.
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Great writers are the saints for the godless.
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