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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.
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
Love
Three
Acts
Duplicity
Light
Stranger
Guise
Women
Lovers
Flat
Come
Species
Justification
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Different
Friendship
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Men
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Moves
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